Korean War
- Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan from 1910 until 1945
- After WWII, Korea was split into two north (USSR) and South (US) at the 38th parallel
- An election was going to be held to eventually unify Korea
- The United Nations held an election in 1948.
- The Soviet Union refused to allow participation in the election in their occupied zone
- Instead, they handed over power to the North Korean Communist Party under Kim IL-Sung
- The South elected the nationalist exile Syngman Rhee
- The rest of the war involved little territory change and lengthy peace negotiations
- even during the peace negotiations combat continued
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