How did US and Russia come to occupy Korea?

Answer 1

The USA and Russia came to ocupy Korea because the helped Korea recover from all of the damage cause from World War Two then the just decided to each claim part of Korea since they had helped through this rough patch. They had spent a plentiful amount of time on recoving it that the considered it part of their land so each got half. One got Noth & the other got South.

Answer 2

The Soviets and US had declared war on Japan in WW2. Korea belonged to Japan. The Soviets (Russians) invaded North Korea, the US invaded South Korea. The Soviets held the north, the US held the south. The same occurred with Germany; the Soviets (Russians) invaded East Germany and the US/Allies invaded West Germany. The Soviets held East Germany, the US/Allies held West Germany...until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

Answer 3

when the North Koreans invaded South Korea the UN (particularly United States) came to the aid of South Korea. That is how the USA became involved. When the North Koreans were pushed back past the 38th parallel (almost to the Yulu River) China came to the North Koreans aid.

Answer 4

Towards the end of the Second World War, everyone knew that the Axis was going to be defeated (Germany and Japan included) The only real question would be -how to redraw the maps when the dust settled.

The "Western Allies" (Primarily the British Empire and the United States) were ideologically opposed to the growing communist world (The Soviet Union, China and other satellite states.) Following the war in the Pacific the US had a vested interest in both Pacific security, and preventing the Soviet/Chinese sphere of influence from expanding.

Korea was part of Japanese occupied territory, and when the Soviets/ US defeated Japan, they divided the country between them - a similar situation to East and West Germany. When North Korea (supported in material and training by the Soviet Union and China) invaded the South, and began to seriously pound them, the US stepped in.

In addition to these US motivations, the United Nations more or less said 'if one of us is attacked, you fight the rest of us'. This is why so many nations were involved in the Korean War, fighting for the South - including many European and British Affiliated (Canadian, Australian, New Zealander et cetera) nations. However, the US, with their occupying troops in Japan, were there from the beginning.

Answer 5

The US, along with UN forces, attacked North Korean forces that had invaded South Korea in 1950.