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Korean Conflict
In 1950, Kim II Sung called for “heroic Struggle” to reunite Korea. North Korean troops attack in June of that year and soon overran most of the South. The United State then organized a United Nations force to help South Korea. Although U.S troops arrived in early July, North Korean troops continued to advance until United Nations forces stopped them in August along the line known as the Pusan Perimeter. This perimeter was centered north on the port city of Pusan, in the Southeastern corner of -
Vietnam Conflict
After 1954, the struggle for Vietnam became part of the cold war. At an international conference that year, Western and communists powers agreed to a temporary division of Vietnam. A non-communists government led by Ngo Dinh Dinm (ngoh din dee EM), supported the United States, ruled South Vietnam. Some South Vietnamese preferred Ho Chi Minh, a national hero, to the South Vietnamese government backed by the United States, a foreign power. Ho’s communists guerrilla fighters had appeared in the jun -
Vietnam Conflict contined
communists guerrilla fighters had appeared in the jungles of south Vietnam, many of them were south Vietnamese, but received strong support of the North Vietnam. Many saw their fight as a nationalist struggle to liberate Vietnam from foreign domination.