How the Korean War affected the Cold War.

The Korean War was started on June 25th, 1950 by North Korean troops crossing 38th Parallel into South Korea. The 38th Parallel was established after the surrender of Japan in 1945 by the Soviet and the US to separate their occupation zones in the Korean peninsular, which acted as the boundary between North Korea and South Korea. This civil war became a proxy war where China and Soviet were on one side and the US on the …

…to stand up against it for the US. It could not let the other communist countries stand up against it. Thus, the tension increased again. From these different standpoints, they explained why the Cold War got worse after the Korean War, which led to other heated conflicts between the superpowers in the future. They also explained why China was so against the States. Therefore, the Korean War had a great effect on the Cold War.