#1 Large amounts of casualties: It was approximated that no fewer than 2.5 million people were killed or wounded in the war about 46,000 of which were Americans, along with 1,300,000 South Koreans, 1,000 British, 400,000 Chinese (including Mao Zedong’s son), and 215,000 North Koreans, and many more either civilian or unidentified bodies. Just as in any war lists of casualties always has a sad impact on Americans.
#2 Firing Douglas Mac Arthur: When the Chinese entered the war and Douglas Mac Arthur request the war be expanded to China, and Mac Arthur’s complaints to the press Truman fired him after that an extreme political backlash from the American people ensued Truman was already a very unpopular administration, and the firing of Mac Arthur nearly resulted in Truman’s impeachment.
#3 New technology: The Korean war saw the introduction of a new weapon in warfare the helicopter. With it they could carry troops and supplies directly to the front lines, and search for enemy mines in the trails and coasts of Korea. Then carry injured soldiers directly to infirmaries called M.A.S.H camps (yes the same thing as the TV show) which allowed to save more lives.
#4 Fear of Communism: While Communism had been feared and distrusted greatly before the war this really set of the fact that “Communism was beyond subversion to control independent Countries and now use open invasion and war. Which made people realize that a Soviet attack could come at any time.
#5 Humiliation of the United States: When the Chinese intervened and pushed the Americans back into South Korea they nearly faced possibility of a humiliating defeat. This triggered a great debate that dragged on well into 1952 that drastically changed many Americans views on war dramatically and made people realize a war with the Communist Nations might not be won.
#2 Firing Douglas Mac Arthur: When the Chinese entered the war and Douglas Mac Arthur request the war be expanded to China, and Mac Arthur’s complaints to the press Truman fired him after that an extreme political backlash from the American people ensued Truman was already a very unpopular administration, and the firing of Mac Arthur nearly resulted in Truman’s impeachment.
#3 New technology: The Korean war saw the introduction of a new weapon in warfare the helicopter. With it they could carry troops and supplies directly to the front lines, and search for enemy mines in the trails and coasts of Korea. Then carry injured soldiers directly to infirmaries called M.A.S.H camps (yes the same thing as the TV show) which allowed to save more lives.
#4 Fear of Communism: While Communism had been feared and distrusted greatly before the war this really set of the fact that “Communism was beyond subversion to control independent Countries and now use open invasion and war. Which made people realize that a Soviet attack could come at any time.
#5 Humiliation of the United States: When the Chinese intervened and pushed the Americans back into South Korea they nearly faced possibility of a humiliating defeat. This triggered a great debate that dragged on well into 1952 that drastically changed many Americans views on war dramatically and made people realize a war with the Communist Nations might not be won.