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Impact of the Korean War - Coggle Diagram
Impact of the Korean War
Korea
North
In a desperate state. Industry, transportation and communications systems had been destroyed by US bombing
Pyongyang had been obliterated by an estimated 250,000 bombs.
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1.2 million headed South and approximately 10 million families are believed to be separated by the border.
South
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Economic focus was on steel and the country made lots of it. Used the steel to make boats or cars to sell abroad.
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Poverty in SK, did not recover until 1976
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USSR
As they denied involvement in the Korean War, there is not much about the impact
Made China pay them for all the material support that they had received which made the Soviets seem more like arms merchants than genuine Communist internationalists
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The authority of the Soviet State grew, showed in its readiness to interfere in developing Third World countries
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USA
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Had to be careful about how they wanted to confront communism as the wrong move could end up in a hot war.
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Caused the US to have a permanent global American military presence that they had never had before and a turning point for America's global role
China
Got a chance to show the US that the USSR isn't the only communist state and that communism could work in Asia
Felt betrayed that Stalin did not send units to Korea and this caused tensions between the USSR and China to arise. Also felt humiliated that Soviets made China pay them for all the material support that they had received
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Losses during the war exposed China's weaknesses in firepower, air support, logistics, and communication. Caused China to modernize and professionalise itself.
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