POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
COLD WAR IN ASIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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When the North invaded the South
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When the South invaded the North
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United Nations army was sent to Korea to hold the aggressors at bay [music].” The Korean War broke out on the 25th of June 1950, when communist North Korea invaded South Korea, and it went on to be one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century, with over 3 million left dead.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Korean war began on June 25, 1950, when some 75, 000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south.
Detailed explanation-3: -By invading South Korea, North Korea hoped to reunite the two nations as a single country under communism. With North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, the United States feared the spread of communism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The United States, acting under the auspices of the United Nations, quickly sprang to the defense of South Korea and fought a bloody and frustrating war for the next three years.