Discuss the impact of foreign intervention on the Korean War (1950–1953).

Candidates will offer a considered and balanced review of the role of foreign intervention in the Korean War. The actions of the US, the UN, the USSR and/or China may be discussed but there is no requirement to include all of them. Candidates may discuss events predating the war, and/or immediately following the war, but they must be clearly linked to the issue in the question. Candidates may argue that international involvement was responsible for starting, prolonging and/or ending the conflict. Candidates may argue that the influence of the two superpowers in Korea from 1945 made conflict inevitable. Candidates will discuss examples of UN, US, Soviet and/or Chinese military involvement and how foreign troops and equipment intensified the war. There were approximately 2.5 million casualties as well as a severe refugee problem because of heavy bombing. The role of foreign intervention in armistice talks may also be discussed.