Korean War Lessons

It is 1952. A new president, Eisenhower, has been elected in the US. Your task is to write a report for him on what lessons the United States can learn from the war. Your report should advise the President on:

the military and civilian cost of war

Hello Eisenhower,
I wanted to fill you in on the recent war that happened in Korea. So for beginners when the USA went into Korea they were just looking to get the North Koreans out of Southern Korea and keep the boarder. But before they could even go into Korea they had to get the go ahead from the UN. However this was just a minor speed bump in since they had most of the say in the UN budget because they were the main contributer of the money into the UN bu. Also since the USA had cut the USSR out of the UN and so therefore the vote was unanimous and the USA could get 18 countries to go into the war with them. Then once over in Korea they began to push the border and then they came up with the plan to try and push them farther into Northern Korea. However then China became involved in the affairs because China was in charge of Korea where they pushed the UN forces back to the original border that South Korea had in place. This was a very bad decision to try to continue to push South Korea northward because they it killed many more civilians and it made General MacArthur have too much confidence and think that they could handle much more than they could.
Thank you for your time,
Erika Lind

War in the Pacific

1. What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?

It was important because that was when the American's got their revenge on Japan from Pearl Harbor. Also because then the Allies began island hopping and slowly they were winning all the islands and working their way towards Japan.

2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?

The strategy that the United States adopted in fighting Japan was kamikaze which was suicide-plane.

3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?

Because it was cruitial to win so that they could have a base from which heavily loaded bombers might reach Japan.

4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?

Because it was what they imagined as a fortaste of what the Allies invasion of Japan's home islands would be.

5. What was the Manhattan Project?

An atomic bomb that was to be used on Japan.

6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

So that the Allies didn't need to do an invasion on the mainland which could kill thousands if not millions of Americans.