POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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China
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Soviet Union
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Western Germany
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Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eventually UN forces under the leadership of General Matthew Ridgway secured the 38th parallel, and the war settled into a stalemate until a new president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ended the conflict with the signing of an armistice in July 1953.
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: -The Korean War begins This division resulted in the formation of two countries: communist North Korea (supported by the Soviets) and South Korea (supported by the United States).