After the World War II (WWII), a new and strange war started. As Dunn (2009) writes, this so called Cold War was between the eastern Soviet Union (SU) led communist block and the United States (U.S.) led democratic block. In 1947, President Truman issued his doctrine; that the U.S. would keep back the Soviet threat. U.S. would contain SU. Firstly, this war occurred in Europe, the Greek, and Turkey communist actions, the Berlin Blockade, and airlift and the establishment of North Atlantic Treaty Organization was the signs that the two block fought each other. According to Gaddis (2005), during that time, in the Far East, as part of the Cold War, the Chinese Civil War occurred. The Soviet supported Mao Zedong's People's Liberation Army
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According to Stueck (1995), this event gave an encouragement to the North Korean leader, Kim Il-sung to create a plan to unify the Korean Pensacola. During 1949, SU detonated their first atomic bomb, so U.S. lost its atomic superior. It generated to rush the hydrogen bomb’s design; there was not efficient fund to modernize the land forces. This Paper will debate about the background of Korean War and the policy of U.S. After it, this paper will show the senior leadership’s failures through the operational leadership, the poor intelligence analysis, and the post-WWII equipment. This paper also discuss about the Task Force Smith (TF Smith) and its mission. Then, it will explain the battle of Osan. Finally, it will argue the lesson about this mission. During the Korean War, TF Smith suffered tactical disaster, because there were lack of preparedness in leadership, intelligence, personnel, and …show more content…
During the WWII, Korea was under Japanese rule, but on August 10, 1945, U.S. officials proposed splitting the peninsula at the 38th Parallel in order to hold Seoul in the American sector and prevent an entire Soviet seizure. First, Stalin accepted the demarcation at once to preserve good relationships with the Americans and maybe gain a quid pro quo regarding Allied occupation of Japan. The south part of Korea was democratic, supported by US, and called Republic of Korea (ROK). The leader of South Korea was Syngman Rhee. The north side of Korea called Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and its leader become a 33 years old, anti-Japanese communist Kim Il-sung. He established the North Korean Peoples’ Army (NKPA) immediately. In 1948, according the United Nation (U.N.) commission Korea held an election, and Rhee won. The north side of the Pensacola did not agreed and they held an own election to approve the communist regime. From that point when war broke out, neither the SU nor the U.S. completely considered further argue about Korea's temporary status. According to Donovan (1984), Kim Il-sung went to Stalin and after Mao Zedong to get permission to attack South Korea. In 1949, both superpower withdraw their troops from the Pensacola, the senior leader’s decision had lack of foresight. However, they hold a detachment of
According to Stueck (1995), this event gave an encouragement to the North Korean leader, Kim Il-sung to create a plan to unify the Korean Pensacola. During 1949, SU detonated their first atomic bomb, so U.S. lost its atomic superior. It generated to rush the hydrogen bomb’s design; there was not efficient fund to modernize the land forces. This Paper will debate about the background of Korean War and the policy of U.S. After it, this paper will show the senior leadership’s failures through the operational leadership, the poor intelligence analysis, and the post-WWII equipment. This paper also discuss about the Task Force Smith (TF Smith) and its mission. Then, it will explain the battle of Osan. Finally, it will argue the lesson about this mission. During the Korean War, TF Smith suffered tactical disaster, because there were lack of preparedness in leadership, intelligence, personnel, and …show more content…
During the WWII, Korea was under Japanese rule, but on August 10, 1945, U.S. officials proposed splitting the peninsula at the 38th Parallel in order to hold Seoul in the American sector and prevent an entire Soviet seizure. First, Stalin accepted the demarcation at once to preserve good relationships with the Americans and maybe gain a quid pro quo regarding Allied occupation of Japan. The south part of Korea was democratic, supported by US, and called Republic of Korea (ROK). The leader of South Korea was Syngman Rhee. The north side of Korea called Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and its leader become a 33 years old, anti-Japanese communist Kim Il-sung. He established the North Korean Peoples’ Army (NKPA) immediately. In 1948, according the United Nation (U.N.) commission Korea held an election, and Rhee won. The north side of the Pensacola did not agreed and they held an own election to approve the communist regime. From that point when war broke out, neither the SU nor the U.S. completely considered further argue about Korea's temporary status. According to Donovan (1984), Kim Il-sung went to Stalin and after Mao Zedong to get permission to attack South Korea. In 1949, both superpower withdraw their troops from the Pensacola, the senior leader’s decision had lack of foresight. However, they hold a detachment of