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The Korean War>for reading
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The Korean War
On the 8th of august 1945, one day before dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, the Soviet Union declared Japan war. The Soviet Union marched in China and liberated Manchuria from Japan and later the Soviet Union wanted to liberate Korea from Japan. The USA and the Soviet Union agreed that Manchuria and Korea should belong to the Soviet sphere of influence, but the USA changed their mind and they wanted to divide Korea. The 38th Northern parallel should be the border. The Soviet Union should occupy the North and the USA the South. The Soviet Union kept to this agreement and only occupied North Korea. In september 1945 the US troops landed in South Korea and liberated the South from Japan. The USA made Syngman Rhee head of government in South Korea. He was against communism and he lived many years in the USA and studied there. In North Korea the Soviet Union made Kim Il Sung head of government. During the Second World War he was in the Soviet Union. On both sides there were rebellions and political enemies who were treated cruel. A union of North Korea and South Korea was improbable. On the 15th of august 1948 in South Korea (capital Seoul) the Republic of Korea was founded and on the 9th of september 1949 in North Korea (capital Pyongyang) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded. Syngman Rhee became president of South Korea and Kim Il Sung became prime minister of North Korea. In 1949 the American and the Soviet military forces left both Korean countries. Kim Il Sung planned an invasion in South Korea. Stalin and Kim Il Sung thought that South Korea would not be a sufficient reason for the USA to start a war. The USA reacted, to the North Korean invasion, very fast and very decided. With an agreement of the Soviet Union North Korea started an invasion in South Korea on the 25th of june 1950. The United Nations Security Council was called very fast and demanded North Korea to go back to the 38th parallel. Simultaneous they agreed to military actions against North Korea. On the 28th of june 1950 the North Korean troops reached Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The US action in South Korea was led by the war hero, from the Second World War, General Douglas MacArthur. A few days later the first US troops landed in South Korea near Seoul. They could not do anything against the Soviet T-34 tanks and they had to escape. In the next months the situations was the same and the USA had got many setbacks in South Korea. In august 1950 the largest part of South Korea was occupied by North Korea. More US troops came to the non-occupied part of South Korea to support the other US soldiers and the South Korean soldiers. Meanwhile General Douglas MacArthur prepared an amphibious operation. On the 15th of september 1950 US troops landed in Incheon. This part of South Korea was occupied by North Korea. Until the end of september 1950 the US troops could back-conquer the whole of South Korea. The US troops did not stop at the 38th parallel, but they also wanted to conquer North Korea to make a united Korea. Except US soldiers there were also UN troops in the Korean War. Because of the invasion of the UN troops in North Korea China entered this war. At the end of october 1950 there were the first combats between UN troops and Chinese troops. At the end of 1950 the Chinese troops had driven out the UN troops of North Korea. In january 1951 the Chinese army could conquer Seoul again, but in march 1951 the UN troops back-conquered Seoul. In 1951 the war on the ground came to a standstill, but the war was continued in the air. During 1951 there were several negotiations about an armistice. This negotiations lasted over one year. Important points were the new border between North and South Korea and what should happen with the prisoners of war of both sides. In 1952 General Dwight David Eisenhower won the US presidential elections. In july 1953, after Stalin's death on the 5th of march 1953, an armistice came into force and this was the end of the Korean War. The border is not exactly the 38th parallel. Hundredthousands of people died in the Korean War and both Korean countries were destroyed very strong.
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