Korean War vs. Vietnam War essays

Korean War vs. Vietnam War essays Korea and Vietnam had similar beginnings as far as revolutions are concerned. Korea had been occupied by Japan and Vietnam had been occupied by France. The United States and other U.N. nations put millions of dollars into both wars, but pretty much came out empty handed. At first it seemed as though America would win both wars but those opinions changed after years and years of fighting proved that not enough was being done to successfully rid Asian countries of communism. At first Truman just had sea and air suppport but it soon turned inot a war with the U.S.'s total involvment. A similar situation took place in Vietnam. In the beginning the U.N. sent support to France but soon got actively involved in the war once the support was not enough anymore. Korea, just like Vietnam was split between a Northern Communist enemy and a Southern Republic ally of the U.S. In both events the U.S. government was forced into signing peace treaties because of the severe U.S. losses from fighting. Both Vietnam and Korea were supported by China and the Soviet Union. By the beginning of the Korean War, China was already on its way to becoming a nuclear power. U.S. government officials faced problems with this. They needed to fight the main enemy but at the same time avoid a fight with China. Both sided knew that a fight with China would have meant World WarIII with a nuclear weapons. Both sides preferred to avoid this but either side was willing to use nuclear weapons if they detected a threat from the other side. For the U.S. both wars had similar goals. The stop of communism was imminent and the U.N. would do everything short of using nuclear weapons to stop it. The Vietnam war however brought on a new enemy, guerilla warfare. Guerilla tactics were powerful and could severly destroy operations in a sector. During the Korean war most of the fighting was done between two armies. But as far as Vietnam was concerned, U.S. troop...