A hurried decision by the U.S. War Department set the 38th parallel as a line between Russian and U.S. forces taking over from the Japanese. Two Regimes. By late 1948 two hostile regimes faced ...

The film details the events leading to the Korean War, beginning with the division of Korea at the 38th parallel after Japan's surrender in 1945. It highlights the political tensions between the ...

In August 1945, at the end of World War II, Russia and the United States divided the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel into communist north and western-aligned south, setting the stage for one ...

6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once ...