Question

The Korean War officially began in 1950 when South Korea arrested and imprisoned thousands of communists. North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea. South Korea held free elections but North Korea did not. North Korea sought the support of China and the Soviet Union.

Answer 1

Correct answer:

North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea.

More detail:

At the end of World War II, Korea was divided between an area in the north that was under Soviet influence and in the south under American influence.  When 90,000 North Korean troops crossed the 38th Parallel and attacked South Korea on June 25, 1950, US President Harry Truman ordered American troops moved from Japan to South Korea to protect the South against communist aggression.  The United Nations also went into action.  An emergency session of the UN Security Council was held -- from which the Soviet Union was absent because the USSR was boycotting the UN over the exclusion of communist China from the organization.  Truman announced to the American people that he was authorizing sending US troops to prevent South Korea from being overtaken by communism. The UN Security Council met again and approved a US resolution approving the use of force against North Korea.  Military forces in the Pacific theater, based in Japan, were deployed in the effort.  There was no formal declaration of war by the US Congress, but Congress did vote to extend the draft and also authorized the president to call up military reserve personnel for duty.

Answer 2

The correct statement will be that, "the Korean War officially began in the year 1950 when North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea." The correct option is B.

The Korean War is a historic event which resulted in the disputes and tensions being increased between the two nations after their partition following a partition with Japan.

Korean War

• The Korean War started on June 25th in the year 1950 after the 90,000 troops from North Korea attacked on the military base camps of the South Korean army.

• The Korean War was a well planned war and America played a big role in the shaping of the war. The war was concerned matter of discussion in the meeting United Nations Security Council.

• The War finally came to an end more than three years later and the result of the War being both the sides ending undefeated. The war ended on July 27th in the year 1953.

Hence, the correct option is B that the Korean War began officially when the North Korean army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea.

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