The Korean War

World War II divided Korea into a Communist, northern half and an American-occupied southern half, divided at the 38th parallel. The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. Finally the Korean War demonstrated how hard it would be to fight a limited war with terms such as; the new terms of the new post-WWII era. Hiroshima and Nagasaki set a pattern that would continue throughtout the Cold War.