POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Question
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The USSR needed an Asian country to establish its communist influence.
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China had become communist, so the USA wanted to prevent communism from spreading further.
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Korea was a military threat to both the USSR and the USA.
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The USSR had created its own nuclear bombs, so the USA needed Korea to maintain a balance of power.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The USSR needed an Asian country to establish its communist influence. China had become communist, so the USA wanted to prevent communism from spreading further. Korea was a military threat to both the USSR and the USA. The USSR had created its own nuclear bombs, so the USA needed Korea to maintain a balance of power.
Detailed explanation-2: -America wanted not just to contain communism-they also wanted to prevent the domino effect. Truman was worried that if Korea fell, the next country to fall would be Japan, which was very important for American trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union They provided diplomatic support, strategic and grand tactical planning, including the planning of the invasion of South Korea, and essential logistical support.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stalin, who viewed North Korea as important to the security interests of Russia to defend the Asian front, handpicked Kim Il-sung and supported him to rise to power for the purpose of the Soviet control over the North. Kim Il-sung adopted the Stalinist model of communism which still persists.