POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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communist North Korea was invaded by democratic South Korea.
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democratic North Korea was invaded by communist South Korea.
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communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea.
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democratic North Korea invaded communist South Korea.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Korean War (also known by other names such as the “625 War") was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea.
Detailed explanation-2: -On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Background. Joseph Stalin’s influence over Kim Il-Sung dictated the timing of the invasion. Kim Il-Sung and ROK leader Syngman Rhee both wanted to reunify Korea. Kim’s objective was to achieve reunification through force.
Detailed explanation-4: -In June 1950 communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea at the head of a United Nations force composed of more than a dozen countries.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.