During the Korean War they were supported by China and the Soviet Union (the two major communist powers)
An Allied tank would travel north to go from North Korea into Communist China.
An Allied tank would travel north to go from North Korea into Communist China.
An Allied tank would travel north to go from North Korea into Communist China.
North Korea failed to conquer S. Korea...allied victory. North Vietnam conquered S. Vietnam...allied defeat.
The division of Korea was the result of the 1945 Allied victory in World War II ending the Empire of Japan's 35 years colonial rule of Korea by General Order No.1.
Korea is a peninsula. US/Allied Troops landed in South Korea, and fought their way north from there.
North Korea has a number of allies; the most prominent is China. North Korea is also allied with some Middle Eastern nations, having sold missiles to Iran and Syria, for example.
North Korea. South Korea was allied with the US (they were a democracy), and they teamed up to fight the Communists (North Korea). In the end North Korea still won and that's why its is till one of the few dictatorships/communist countries in the world today.
Japan annexed Korea and had control of it until it lost WWII and the Allied Powers USSR occupied the North and USA occupied the south.
Tensions between the two have been tight for quite awhile, but this past week North Korea shot artillery at a South Korean island, killing four people. South Korea is now performing warlike exercises. This is particularly alarming and is plastered all over the media because China is allied with North Korea while the US is allied with South Korea. China is urging leaders to meet in early December for disarmament talks.
During the Korean War they were supported by China and the Soviet Union (the two major communist powers)
The division of Korea was the result of the 1945 Allied victory in World War II ending the Empire of Japan's 35 years colonial rule of Korea by General Order No.1.