The sionificance was that crossing was an act of war.
North and South Korea were divided (and still are) by the 38th Parallel North.
Korea was divided by the 38th parallel in the year 1945.
38th parallelThe Border at the begging of the war was commonly known as the 38th Parallel.
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 .
There was no significance. The 38th Parallel was ignored through out the 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.
North and South Korea were divided (and still are) by the 38th Parallel North.
The 38th Parallel
DMZ. It was 38th parallel before the Korean War
At the 38th Parallel
38th parallel
The 38th Parallel.
38th parallel
Korea was divided by the 38th parallel in the year 1945.
38th parallelThe Border at the begging of the war was commonly known as the 38th Parallel.
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.