South Korea 38th Parallel
Korean war conflict 195053 between north korea aided by china and south korea aided by the un with the us.
South korea 38th parallel. The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the earths equatorial plane. It crosses europe the mediterranean sea asia the pacific. The division of korea began at the end of world war ii in 1945. With the defeat of japan the soviet union occupied the north of korea and the united states occupied.
On june 25th 1950 a sudden roar of guns shattered the pre dawn silence at the 38th parallel. The korean war had begun a war that was essentially a show down between. A brief history of korea. By 4000 bc there were stone age farmers living in korea.
By 1000 bc they had learned to use bronze. After several years of increasingly bloody frontier incidents along the 38th parallel the republic of korea was invaded by the north korean peoples army. Geographical and historical treatment of south korea including maps and statistics as well as a survey of its people economy and government.