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Until when was Korea ruled by Japan
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who liberated the northern half?
soviet troops
who liberated the southern half?
the americans
The North after liberation
remained communist-controlled, with a communist leader who had been trained in the USSR, and with a Soviet-style one-party system
The South after liberation
was anticommunist, not very democratic but being anticommunist was enough to win support of the USA
when was there open warfare between the north and the south?
1950
what was president Truman determined to contain?
communism - stop it from spreading further
what did Truman pressure the UN to do?
condemn the actions of the North Koreans and call on them to withdraw their troops
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