WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Just a few years after World War II, the Cold War was heating up between communism and capitalism. Communist North Korea shocked the world by invading South Korea, sparking the Korean War. Unfortunately, the end of World War II did not bring about lasting peace.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Korean War Reaches a Stalemate Both sides were willing to accept a ceasefire that maintained the 38th parallel boundary, but they could not agree on whether prisoners of war should be forcibly “repatriated.” (The Chinese and the North Koreans said yes; the United States said no.)

Detailed explanation-3: -After three years of fighting, the war ended in a stalemate with the border between North and South Korea near where it had been at the war’s beginning.

Detailed explanation-4: -The signing of the armistice agreement at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953 fixed the status quo. Both sides agreed to stay in place along the battle line, which was not all that different from the border between North and South Korea on June 25, 1950. No cheers, no jubilation followed the signing – just a sigh of relief.