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Korean War - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Was not keen in supporting NK as it did not want to risk direct confrontation w/ U.S.
      - Did not develop atomic bomb that was powerful enough to level w/ U.S's yet
      - Resources were stretched thin after WW2
      - Prioritized establishing buffer zones of communist states in E.E
    - - Prioritizing rehabilitation of Vietnam and the Phillipines
      - Korea laid outside its defensive perimeter in Asia-pacific and felt that it would not be strategically imperative
      - Supported Syngman Rhee despite him being authoritarian cuz he was anti-communist and thus provided political military and economic support
      - When NK invaded SK US saw this as a bigger communist plot directed by USSR and immediately led UN force to defend SK and push NK back to 38th parallel --> Desperate to contain communism
        
        General McArthur believed this was an opportunity to completely wipe out communism and went beyond 38th parallel, escalating the severity of and prolonging the conflict.
  - - - Developed their own atomic bomb thus US no longer had the upper hand should they directly clash
      - China fell to communism so now USSR had a strong ally in Asia-pacific
        
        Made Stalin more confident that soviet troops would not directly clash w/ U.S.'s
      - Emboldened Stalin, leading him to expand his communism into Asia and he provided artillery, aircraft, tanks and training to NK
      - NK launched a major attack and invaded SK after being emboldened due to Stalin's support