38th Parallel

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Fought from June 1950 to July 1953, the Korean War saw Communist North Korea invade its southern, democratic neighbor. Backed by the United Nations, with many of the troops furnished by the United States, South Korea resisted and fighting ebbed and flowed up and down the peninsula until the front stabilized just north of the 38th Parallel. A bitterly contested conflict, the Korean War saw the United States follow its policy of containment as it worked to block aggression and halt the spread of Communism. As such, the Korean War may be seen as one of the many proxy wars fought during the Cold War.

During the last days of World War II, Korea was divided by the Allies with the United States occupying the territory to the south of the 38th Parallel and the Soviet Union the land to the north. Later that year it was decided that the country would be reunited and made independent after a five-year period. This was later shortened and elections in North and South Korea were held in 1948. While the Communists under Kim Il-sung (right) took power in the north, the south became democratic. Supported by their respective sponsors, both governments wished to reunite the peninsula under their particular ideology. After several border skirmishes, North Korea …show more content…
Armistice negotiations opened in July 1951 at Kaesong before moving to Panmunjom. These talks were hampered by POW issues as many North Korean and Chinese prisoners did not wish to return home. At the front, UN airpower continued to hammer the enemy while offensives on the ground were relatively limited. These typically saw both sides battling over hills and high ground along the front. Engagements in this period included the Battles of Heartbreak Ridge (1951), White Horse (1952), Triangle Hill (1952), and Pork Chop Hill (1953). In the air, the war saw the first major occurrences of jet vs. jet combat as aircraft dueled in

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