The Korean War. The 38th parallel is also associated with World War 2. At the Potsdam Conference the US and the Soviet Union agreed that each would invade the Korean Peninsula to defeat the Japanese there. The Soviet Union was to attack from the North and the US from the south. They would both stop at the 38th parallel.
The 38th parallel is associated with the Korean War.
The 38th parallel was the orignial border between North and South Korea from 1945 up until the Korean War.
It is the "DMZ", or de-militarized zone, is the heavily guarded border that separates North and South Korea.The 38th parallel is the line that separates North and South korea.
Korea was divided by the 38th parallel in the year 1945.
North and South Korea were divided (and still are) by the 38th Parallel North.
north korea and south korea is where war started and thats the latitude of south and north korea. (38th parallel- thats how it got its name)
The 38th Parallel .
It is the "DMZ", or de-militarized zone, is the heavily guarded border that separates North and South Korea.The 38th parallel is the line that separates North and South korea.
38th parallel
The 38th Parallel.
Korea was divided by the 38th parallel in the year 1945.
North and South Korea were divided (and still are) by the 38th Parallel North.
July 1953 was when the armistance that 'ended' the Korean war was signed and the 38th parallel was established as a boundary.
There was no significance. The 38th Parallel was ignored through out the war.
north korea and south korea is where war started and thats the latitude of south and north korea. (38th parallel- thats how it got its name)
38th parallel
The 38th Parallel .
Korea is divided into communist North Korea and republican South Korea at the 38th parallel. . Korea is divided in communist North Korea and republican South Korea at the 38th parallel. (The Billy Joel song "Leningrad" contains the line, "Stop 'em at the 38th parallel" in reference to the Cold War and specifically the Korean War.)
The 38th parallel was the boundary between the northern and southern halves of the Korean peninsula between World War 2 and the Korean War. After the Korean War the border between North Korea and South Korea did not change much and therefore is still sometimes referred to as the 38th parallel, though it is not along the actual 38th parallel north as it used to be.