The cold war NEVER turned hot. If it did, there would have been a WW3...a nuclear World War Three. There were two hot "Battles" of the cold war; the Korean War and the Vietnam War...limited to conventional weapons only (no nukes allowed). That's why they were called LIMITED WARS.
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The USA supported South Korea, and the Soviet Union & Communist China backed North Korea.
north Korea was comunist and wanted to spead it to south Korea, but they didn't want it.
China and the Soviet Union were two nations that were allies of North Korea before the Korean war. Both nations remained allies even after the war in Korea.
North Korea was not in WWI
No. North Korea did not exist until after World War 2.
Is there a list of Purple Heart recipients from Korea conflict war?
Korea was the first hot spot of the cold war. What began as a civil war became the cold war when the US and its allies united under the flag of the United Nations and backed South Korea while the Soviet Union and China supported North Korea.