north korea
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pavlovs_dog
'yea, but not an openly delcared war with the states. ...that could have gotten messy?'
true enough but strategically as a general, you want to win the war. also korea was already divided by commie and democrat before the war. after the japanese occupation, in similar fashion as germany, korea was divded in to north and south before the korean war. in support by the USSR and china, north korea attacked south korea. 1950 June 25th.
"i suppose the powers that be in the us wanted southest asia to be similar to europe. half free, half commie. ...seems to have been a good idea, as we avioded any nuclear exchanges in the cold war."
unlike germany or other divded country from the spoils of the WW2, as an independent gov, north korea decided to attack. the war came at a stalemate as MacAthur's intension about bombing china, where all the chienses troops came from alarmed US gov and decided to pull him out of the campaign. the war continued on until stalemate came around near 38th parellel as it was set up previously to the war. there was cease fire agreement set which meant that the war was not over in any terms. if you are from northkorea, you grow to learn that US is going to attack any minute and south koreans are taught to fear north korean invasion at any given time.
my childhood, i remember living in south korea and its air raid practice every month. and learning to how to survive chemical attacks and learning how to use a rifle. as a korean male, you are mandated to serve in the military for few years at least. yeap, i certainly feel very different about this topic since i am korean and being growing up in the police state.