Korean+Conflict

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The conflict started after the war between North Korea And South Korea, when different countries started joining the war. In 1950 the Korea Peninsula was divided between a Soviet government in the north and an American government in the south. In August of 1945 the Soviet Union invaded Korea, which had been under Japan's control since 1910. Japanese troops surrendered to the Russians in the north and to the Americans in the south.The US and the Soviets agreed to divide Korea along the 38th parallel. War broke out on that 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. The North Korean army headed out to attack the south near Seoul. The United Nations Security Council responded to the attack by adopting a new resolution known as the "breach of the peace." Harry Truman appointed the US to combine military units with the UN. The war left permanent marks on the Korean Penninsula. There was around 180,000 south Korean and UN troops that died. 54,246 to 36,940 Americans that died.