Korea was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the closing days of the war. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World war II. 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the Korean war.
Korea was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the closing days of the war. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World war II. 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the Korean war.
Korea was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the closing days of the war. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World war II. 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the Korean war.
Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea
from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. This War was a war between South Korea and North Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, also assisted by the Soviet Union. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World War II and from the global tensions of the Cold War that developed immediately afterwards. Korea was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the closing days of the war. In August 1945 the Soviet Union declared war on Japan . During World War II, the Allies discussed the future of Korea in the postwar period and agreed that after its defeat, Japan would be stripped of all of its colonies, including Korea.By 1948 two separate governments had been set up. Both governments claimed to be the legitimate government of Korea and neither side accepted the border as permanent. On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean Peoples Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Koreas behalf. As far as American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself. At first, the war was a defensive onea war to get the communists out of South Koreaand it went badly for the Allies. The North Korean army was well- disciplined, well-trained and well-equipped; Rhees forces, by contrast, were frightened, confused, and seemed inclined to flee the battlefield at any time.Finally, in July 1953, the Korean War came to an end. The Korean War was relatively short but exceptionally bloody.In all, some 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. Almost 40,000 Americans died in action in Korea, and more than 100,000 were wounded. The war has been seen both as a civil war and as a proxy conflict in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. While not directly committing forces to the conflict, the Soviet Union provided strategic planning, weapons and material aid to both the North Korean and Chinese armies. The war also saw the first combat between jet aircraft, such as the F-86 Sabre used by the UN and the MiG-15 used by the Chinese, in warfare.