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The Korean Peninsula was divided along the 38th parallel north from 1945 until 1950 and along the Military Demarcation Line from 1953 to present.
Since U.S. policy toward Korea during World War II had aimed to prevent any single power’s domination of Korea, it may be reasonably concluded that the principal reason for the division was to stop the Soviet advance south of the 38th parallel.
The agreement—a cease-fire, not a peace treaty—called for the Korean peninsula to be divided by a Military Demarcation Line (MDL) and a buffer, the demilitarized zone (DMZ), whose...
In August 1945, two young aides at the State Department divided the Korean peninsula in half along the 38th parallel. The Russians occupied the area north of the line and the United States ...
Stretching from 1950 to 1953, it resulted in the deaths of at least 2.5 million people along with a perpetually divided Korea. After World War II, the Soviet Union occupied all Korean land north of the 38th parallel and the United States occupied all Korean land to the south. Though the Allied powers originally planned to exit and leave Korea a ...
The 38th parallel, a line of latitude in East Asia, roughly marks the division between North and South Korea. This demarcation was established by U.S. military planners at the Potsdam Conference in July 1945.
Korean War - Conflict, Armistice, 38th Parallel: After UNC troops crossed the 38th parallel, Kim Il-sung sought aid from Mao Zedong and Chinese forces joined the war along with Soviet air support.
The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two Koreas permanently separated by the DMZ —roughly approximate to the 38th Parallel and through which runs the Military Demarcation Line—remaining technically at war through today.
In June 1950, with the support of China and the Soviet Union, North Korea launched an attack on South Korea across the 38th parallel.
THE 38th parallel in question is a circle of latitude 38 degrees north of the equatorial plane. This line divides the Korean peninsula roughly in half (leaving about 56% of Korean territory on...