How did the Korean War impact the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union?

The Korean War was another example of the deteriorating relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had been trying to spread communism to many places. After World War II ended, much of Eastern Europe became communist. The Soviet Union then tried to spread communism to Western Europe. We opposed this spread of communism by developing the European Recovery Program. This program provided aid to European countries fighting the spread of...

The Korean War was another example of the deteriorating relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had been trying to spread communism to many places. After World War II ended, much of Eastern Europe became communist. The Soviet Union then tried to spread communism to Western Europe. We opposed this spread of communism by developing the European Recovery Program. This program provided aid to European countries fighting the spread of communism. We also developed the Berlin Airlift to keep West Berlin from falling into communist hands after the Berlin Blockade was established.

In June 1950, North Korea, which was supported by the Soviet Union, invaded South Korea. North Korea wasn’t provoked into this attack. They wanted to unite Korea as a communist country. The United States, which supported South Korea, went to the United Nations for help. The United Nations agreed to send a multi-national force to help South Korea fight this invasion by North Korea. This group, led by the United States, worked to keep South Korea independent and free from communism. This was another example of the struggle over the spread of communism after World War II ended. The United States was on one side while the Soviet Union was on the other side. This war continued the pattern of a distrusting relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. This relationship would continue to be strained for several more decades.