The Pros And Cons Of The Korean War

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The Korean war had it’s rising announcement when the Japanese Empire fell at the end of WWII in September, 1945. Unlike other countries that had been recently occupied by Japan, Korea had no stable government to return to. In advance, the United States and Soviet Union mad an agreement in August of 1945 to separate Korea to remove the lasting Japanese troops. The US had seen this separation as a temporary method, but the Soviet Union had begun a calamity in northern Korea and drive thousands towards South Korea. Unable to reunify Korea, in 1947, President Harry Truman convinced the UN to take responsibility, and the US remained in control of South Korea until 1948. During this, Kim Il-sung had strengthened and increased his control over the

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