Soviet Union Involvement
The U.S. continued to occupy the southern section, while their World War II ally, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, remained in the north.
In keeping with the Soviet Union's practices, North Korea established a communist government to lead the region. South Korea, on the other hand, imitated its American occupiers and created a constitution-backed democracy with Syngman Rhee as its president. As tensions grew between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., North Korean troops invaded the South Korean region in 1950, inciting the first proxy war of the decades-long Cold War. The United States came to South Korea's aid and helped to press the North Korean army back across the 38th Parallel.
The Peoples Republic of China, having become communist as a result of a civil war in the late 1940s, came in on the side of North Korea. They launched an offensive that drove the troops from the U.S. and other United Nations members to back out of North Korea and deep into the southern tip of the peninsula. While the Soviet Union supplied both the North Korean and Chinese armies, they did not enter any formal troops into the battle.
In keeping with the Soviet Union's practices, North Korea established a communist government to lead the region. South Korea, on the other hand, imitated its American occupiers and created a constitution-backed democracy with Syngman Rhee as its president. As tensions grew between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., North Korean troops invaded the South Korean region in 1950, inciting the first proxy war of the decades-long Cold War. The United States came to South Korea's aid and helped to press the North Korean army back across the 38th Parallel.
The Peoples Republic of China, having become communist as a result of a civil war in the late 1940s, came in on the side of North Korea. They launched an offensive that drove the troops from the U.S. and other United Nations members to back out of North Korea and deep into the southern tip of the peninsula. While the Soviet Union supplied both the North Korean and Chinese armies, they did not enter any formal troops into the battle.