Cold War Korean War Map
Students first locate several geographical and political points on the korean peninsula.
Cold war korean war map. Description korean war map exercise guides students through the divisions that formed immediately after world war ii during the cold war. The cold war 19471953 is the period within the cold war from the truman doctrine in 1947 to the conclusion of the korean war in 1953. The countries are still divided today and north korea is still ruled by a communist regime. It was also the first of many sparks that really turned the cold war hot.
The first true test of the cold war erupted in 1950 and for six months combat raged up and down the korean peninsula before settling into years of trench warfare. Students then analyze six different maps of korea during six different stages of the war. The korean war was the first time the united states military engaged in a shooting conflict after the end of world war ii. In the five year period from 1945 to 1950 after world war ii 193945 and before the start of the korean war in 1950 the fate of korea became entwined with intense power struggles between the western nations europe and the united states and the union of soviet socialist republics ussr or soviet unionas world war ii drew to a close the allies.
The korean war was fought between south korea and communist north korea. The cold war emerged in europe a few years after the successful usussruk coalition won world war ii in europe and extended to 198991. It was the first major conflict of the cold war as the soviet union supported north korea and the united states supported south korea.