Causes

After WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union had agreed that Russia could only occupy Korea as far as the 38^th parallel. This divided the country into North Korea, which was communist, and South Korea, which wasn’t. As the U.S and Soviet Union entered the Cold War, tensions rose between the countries as well as North and South Korea. The first act that started the Korean War was when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25^th, 1950. They pushed the South all the way down to the border. After this happened, the United States was forced to step in order to stop the spread of communism and to save South Korea, thus beginning the Korean War.

 

This is a photograph of an airplane. It was used by the United States to drop bombs on North Korea. Aeriel warfare was just one tactic both sides used in the Korean War.