Korean war
WHY AND WITH WHAT
CONSEQUENCES DID WAR
BREAKOUT IN KOREA IN
1950?
The division between North Korea and South Korea forever leaves a mark of the
Korean War which happened on the 25th June 1950 and lasted until the armistice agreement signed on 27th July 1953. During the war, both antagonists attempted to re-unify the country under their own regimes and ideology. The Korean War has also brought several major powers in the conflict, including the United States, the UN forces, the People’s Republic of China, and the
Soviet Union. It has at times been termed as a civil war between the two Koreas; at other times it is described as a proxy war between the forces of Communism led by USSR and China on the one side and the forces of Capitalist led by United States.
Going back to a bit of history, we have the imperial Japanese rule: the defeat of Qing
Dynasty in the Sino Japanese war led to the Japanese occupying the Korean empire. Cultural assimilation propagated which forced Koreans to adopt Japanese cultures and religious practices.
China helped the Koreans patriots and independence fighters to fight against the Japanese military. The Communists, led by Kim Il-sung fought the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria. Then, at the Cairo conference, it was established that Korea should become free and independent.
Following Japanese rule, there was the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. As agreed in the Tehran and Yalta conference, Soviet Union declared war against Japan. The Red Army quickly captured the northern part of Korea and there was the 38th parallel line division. The Chinese Civil War resumed between the Chinese Communists and the Chinese Nationalists. While the Communists were struggling for supremacy in Manchuria, they were supported by the North Korean government with resources and manpower while Americans supported the Nationalists. Korea was then divided.
“If the best minds in the world had set out to find us the worst possible location in
CONSEQUENCES DID WAR
BREAKOUT IN KOREA IN
1950?
The division between North Korea and South Korea forever leaves a mark of the
Korean War which happened on the 25th June 1950 and lasted until the armistice agreement signed on 27th July 1953. During the war, both antagonists attempted to re-unify the country under their own regimes and ideology. The Korean War has also brought several major powers in the conflict, including the United States, the UN forces, the People’s Republic of China, and the
Soviet Union. It has at times been termed as a civil war between the two Koreas; at other times it is described as a proxy war between the forces of Communism led by USSR and China on the one side and the forces of Capitalist led by United States.
Going back to a bit of history, we have the imperial Japanese rule: the defeat of Qing
Dynasty in the Sino Japanese war led to the Japanese occupying the Korean empire. Cultural assimilation propagated which forced Koreans to adopt Japanese cultures and religious practices.
China helped the Koreans patriots and independence fighters to fight against the Japanese military. The Communists, led by Kim Il-sung fought the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria. Then, at the Cairo conference, it was established that Korea should become free and independent.
Following Japanese rule, there was the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. As agreed in the Tehran and Yalta conference, Soviet Union declared war against Japan. The Red Army quickly captured the northern part of Korea and there was the 38th parallel line division. The Chinese Civil War resumed between the Chinese Communists and the Chinese Nationalists. While the Communists were struggling for supremacy in Manchuria, they were supported by the North Korean government with resources and manpower while Americans supported the Nationalists. Korea was then divided.
“If the best minds in the world had set out to find us the worst possible location in