Today, I saw a netizen asking: "What was the cause of the Korean War?" If the direct reason is the one: "That is the desire of the people of North and South Korea for the reunification of the peninsula." But if you want to discuss the root cause, the topic is long.
Let's start with the Warrior King's War.
King Wu defeated and established the Lizhou Dynasty. However, not everyone submitted to the rule of King Wu of Zhou. The regime established on the Korean Peninsula by the Emperor's uncle, the Mizi, is known as the Mizi Dynasty or the "Yin Dynasty". This is the earliest regime on the Korean Peninsula (myths and legends are not counted). From this time on, the Korean Peninsula was a unified country, speaking a unified language, a unified nation, which has not changed for thousands of years.
Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, the Korean Peninsula was also briefly ** for Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje. However, just like Chinese history, the short period of the Three Kingdoms could not stop the pace of reunification. The Korean Peninsula has always been a country and a people. At the time of becoming a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Joseon was a unified country, and when he became a vassal of the Qing Dynasty. Even during the period of Japanese colonial rule, he was a complete nation, a country that was colonized as a whole. There has never been a division between north and south.
However, this unity was broken by two people. These two men were Roosevelt and Stalin. At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt proposed an international trusteeship of the Korean Peninsula and that no foreign team enter Korea. Stalin agreed. However, neither side actually studied the North Korean issue seriously, and this plan could not be implemented. At the end of World War II, the Soviet army declared war on Japan. The Japanese Kwantung Army collapsed for thousands of miles and retreated in all directions. Some of them retreated across the Yalu River and continued to resist the Soviet forces on the Korean Peninsula. In order to destroy the resisting Japanese army, the Soviets had to cross the Yalu River - it was not the Soviets' style to only take a beating and not fight back. At this time, the United States believed that if Soviet troops were stationed on the Korean Peninsula, it would become the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union, which would be unfavorable to the United States, so it urgently negotiated with the Soviet Union. The Japanese army north of the 38th parallel was wiped out by the Soviet Union, and the Japanese army south of the 38th parallel was wiped out by the United States. The USSR agreed to the American proposal.
As a result, the Soviet army and the U.S. army violated the original agreement that no foreign ** troops were stationed on the peninsula, marched into the Korean Peninsula and joined forces on the 38th parallel. Since then, both the United States and the Soviet Union have established political power in the areas where they have garrisoned troops.
The rest of the matter is beyond the unilateral control of the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War gradually began, and the Korean Peninsula became the forefront of confrontation in the Asian region of the Cold War. At this moment, the South wants to unify all of Korea, and the North also wants to unify all of Korea. Negotiations between the two sides were fruitless, and both began to prepare for the use of force to resolve the issue. The result was that the North was ready first and launched a war of unification.
It must be pointed out here that in fact, Syngman Rhee in the south is also actively preparing for the war. If the North does not launch a war of unification, then the South will also launch an offensive to the North.
Of course, in the context of the Cold War, the civil war of a country was quickly raised to the level of confrontation between the Eastern camp and the Western camp by the rising ideological war. The U.S. side could not tolerate the annihilation of the southern side, so it took matters into its own hands.
Briefly summarized, the reasons for the outbreak of the Korean War, 1Historical reasons. 2.Cold War causes.