War1950 CE – 1953 CEEast Asia
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea, drawing in US-led UN forces and China, ending in armistice that still governs the divided Korean peninsula.
Preceding Causes
Cold War division of Korea at 38th parallel, North Korean Communist invasion, Truman's containment policy, and Chinese revolution concerns.
Partition1945 CE
Partition of Korea
Korea was divided at the 38th parallel after WWII between Soviet-occupied north and US-occupied south, eventually hardening into two separate states still divided today.
War1947 CE
Cold War
A geopolitical and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that defined global politics for over four decades through nuclear deterrence, proxy wars, and competition for influence across the developing world.
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