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Impact of Cold War Crises: Berlin vs. Korea (1948/1949 and 1950)

Compare and contrast the significance of the Berlin and Korea Cold War crises, focusing on the similarities and differences. The conflicts had a profound effect on the course of the Cold War, with both superpowers involved, but limited actions to avoid direct confrontation. While the Korean War led to an armed conflict involving multiple states, the Berlin crisis resulted in the formation of two German states and NATO in 1949.

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Impact of Cold War Crises: Berlin vs. Korea (1948/1949 and 1950)

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  1. Compare and contrast the impact and significance of two Cold War crises each chosen from a different region. Structure: Show the similarities and the differences. Use Berlin and Korea as your examples but it must be limited to 1948/1949 and 1950.)

  2. Similarities: • 1. Both these conflicts are normally considered as having a profound effect on the course of the Cold War. In September 1950, Truman signed the NSCGS report. • 2. Both the USSR and the US were the key drivers and policymakers in these crises even though it took place in two other countries.

  3. Similarities: • 3. In both conflicts the superpowers limited their actions, i.e., didn't allow the conflicts to escalate into an armed conflict between the superpowers. • 4. Taking into account why these crises actually started, nothing was achieved. • 5. Both conflicts led to the superpowers committing themselves even more to their allies-many examples can be mentioned.

  4. Differences: • 1. The Korean War was an armed conflict, Berlin was not. • 2. As a result of the crisis in Germany, two German states and NATO were formed in 1949. • 3. In Korea, the UN was used as a tool. Truman chose not to use the UN in 1948.

  5. Differences: • 4. With the Korean conflict came immediate commitments from the superpowers. Examples of this were the US support to the French in the Indochina War and a US pledge to defend Taiwan. • 5. China involved herself militarily in Korea­nothing similar happened in Germany.

  6. Differences: • 6.If Gromyko was right, Stalin tricked the US into getting involved in the war by boycotting the meeting at the Security Council. Stalin was definitely not planning for an armed conflict in Berlin. • 7. The states involved in the two crises differed a lot. There was no similarity to the UN coalition and China in Berlin. That 300,000 Chinese soldiers attacked the UN/US was of course very serious.

  7. Conclusion: • Similarity: These two conflicts had both the superpowers as the drivers but in both they limited their actions to avoid a direct confrontation. • Difference: In Korea, the UN was involved and it led to an armed conflict. In Korea many states were directly involved, but was not the case in Berlin.

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