title: Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950-1953
author: Gordon Rottman
description: "[R]ottman's ^IKorean War Order of Battle^R will be a very useful addition to any Korean War researcher's library." - <strong>Army History</strong><br /><br />"Rottman's book is an excellent reference on the unknown Korean War" - <strong>Lt. Colonel Robert A. Lynn, Florida Guard</strong>
zlib_text: The Korean War 
  The country of Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II in 1945. Following the 
  American atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, the Soviet Union, in keeping with an arrangement made with the 
  United States government, declared war on the Japanese Empire on August 8 and entered Korea from the North. President 
  Harry S. Truman ordered the landing of U.S. troops in the South.[1]
  On August 10th, 1945 with the Japanese surrender imminent, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to divide 
  Korea along the 38th parallel and that Japanese forces north of that line would surrender to the Soviet Union and those 
  south of that line would surrender to the United States. The peninsula was effectively divided into zones of control in the 
  North and South under the administration of the two major powers, however the USA considered this not to be a 
  permanent division. 
  In December 1945, the USA and the Soviet Union agreed to administer the c