north korea invaded south korea and tried to take over part of their country in 1866.
who invaded south korea and tried to take over part of their country in 1866?
north korea
in june 1950, kim il-sung's north korean people's army invaded south korea. fearing that communist korea under a kim il sung dictatorship could threaten japan and foster other communist movements in asia, truman committed u.s. forces and obtained help from the united nations to counter the north korean invasion. the soviets boycotted un security council meetings while protesting the council's failure to seat the people's republic of china and, thus, did not veto the council's approval of un action to oppose the north korean invasion. a joint un force of personnel from south korea, the united states, britain, turkey, canada, australia, france, the philippines, the netherlands, belgium, new zealand and other countries joined to stop the invasion. after a chinese invasion to assist the north koreans, fighting stabilized along the 38th parallel, which had separated the koreas. the korean armistice agreement was signed in july 1953 after the death of stalin, who had been insisting that the north koreans continue fighting.
foreign interventions by the soviet union
the united states engaged in the decolonization of korea (mainly in the south, with the soviet union engaged in north korea) from japan after world war ii. after three years of military administration by the united states, the south korean government was established. on june 25, 1950, north korea invaded south korea, sparking the korean war, the cold war's first major conflict that continued until 1953. when the north koreans invaded south korea in june 1950, using t-34s, the south koreans had no armor of their own so had to retreat in the face of north korean tanks. soon after the invasion of south korea, the united nations voted to support the south koreans. with the korean war so closely following on the heels of world war ii, many of the top tanks used in world war ii were also utilized during the korean war. the first tanks to be used by un forces in south korea were american m24 chaffee light tanks, which were also used during the second world war. they were sent to south korea from japanese army bases. while the chaffee was useful for infantry support, it could not stand up to a t-34.
tanks of south korea