POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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The USSR provided military equipment to North Korea even after it withdrew from Korea.
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The USA withdrew military equipment from South Korea because Syngman Rhee was too aggressive.
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Syngman Rhee was a democratic leader who was fair to the South Koreans.
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The Cold War tensions influenced what happened in Korea.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Korean War was a proxy war for the Cold War. The West-the United Kingdom and the U.S., supported by the United Nations-supported South Korea, while communist China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea. The Korean War ended three years later, with millions of casualties.
Detailed explanation-2: -Korean War, conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -Impact of the Korean War The Korean War armistice, signed on July 27, 1953, drew a new border between North Korea and South Korea, granting South Korea some additional territory and demilitarizing the zone between the two nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Among all, damages in the mining industry were the worst; about 51 % of the industry was destroyed and the estimated amount of damage was as high as US$549 million, accounting for 23.3% of all industrial damages. Damage of power plants was even more devastating with nearly 80% destroyed.