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The KoreanWar By Andrew Pejack




 * **__Who-__**The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea, with the aid of the China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea with the aid of the U.N. North Korea was not aided by China or the Soviet Union until after the first year of conflict. [[image:38th_parallel.gif width="342" height="451" align="right"]]


 * **__What-__**The war resulted from the political separation of Korea, which was decided upon by the Allied Forces at the end of World War II. Korea was formerly a colony of Japan before WWI, but afterwords if was released from Japanese rule and was divided by the vicrorious Allied Force. When the country was split, North Korea adopted a Communist government while South Korea became a Depocracy.
 * **__When-__**The war started on June 25, 1950 and the armistice, that brought the war to a halt, was signed on July 27, 1953. Although the conflict was resolved quickly, truce talks were not started until after the first year of fighting.
 * **__Where-__**It was fought in Korea in places like Seoul, Pyongyang, Wonsan, and on and around the 38th Parallel. [[image:syngman_rhee.jpg width="155" height="203" align="left" caption="Syngman Rhee"]]
 * **__Why-__**The War was fought because the leaders of North and South Korea, Kim Il-sung and Syngman Rhee respectively, each thought that they were the rightful leader of the entire Korean Peninsula.


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