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Containment Policy
A strategy by the United States to prevent the spread of communism. It was the response to the Soviet Union's actions to enlarge the influence of communism in Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. Plan to keep Communism in its own present borders. Formulated by George F. Kennen. -
Korean War
The North Koreans, backed by the Soviet Union, cross the 38th parallel to invade South Korea with U.S on the South Koreans side. The invasion was the first military action of the Cold War, the U.S. saw it as a way of fighting against communism. In July, 1953 the war came to an end with the Korean Peninsula still divided.
