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Impact of the Korean War - Coggle Diagram
Impact of the Korean War
Korea
Put the idea of unification out of the question
Established North Korea as communist and the South capitalist
3-4 million deaths
70% of those being civillians
Destruction of cities
Years of American bombing
FIBUA
Millions of people lost their homes
Brain drain from North Korea
Many North Koreans chose to stay in South Korea
Destroyed the economic stability of Korea
USA
Started an era of permanent global presence of the American millitary
40,000 American deaths
Truman and MacArthur lost their positions
Led to the election of Eisenhower
Successfully "contained" Communism
Reality check: USA wasn't able to overpower North Korea using their military superiority
China
Established China as a power on the international field
Huge casualties - 500,000 Chinese deaths
"Propaganda victory" for the regime
Strained relationships with the USSR
USSR
More careful in their future decisions
The USA was ready to contain communism anywhere in the world
Lost Korea as a potential ally
Political loss as the USSR failed to expand their communist influence
The Cold War
Set the tone for Soviet American rivalry
Showed that the USA and USSR are not the only powers / other countries are included in the Cold War
Showed how easily conflict could escalate