POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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North Korea
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South Korea
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China
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The USA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. 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-2: -The 38th parallel of latitude was chosen in 1945 by the USA and USSR as a convenient borderline for their divided military occupation of the Korean peninsula.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the last days of the war, the U.S. proposed dividing the Korean peninsula into two occupation zones (a U.S. and Soviet one) with the 38th parallel as the dividing line. The Soviets accepted their proposal and agreed to divide Korea.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was just 70 years ago today, October 9, 1950, when the United States 8th Army, under the command of General Walton Walker, crossed the 38th Parallel into North Korea.
Detailed explanation-5: -When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the 38th parallel was established as the boundary between Soviet and American occupation zones. This parallel divided the Korean peninsula roughly in the middle.