![]() ![]() With the Korean War so closely following on the heels of World War II, many of the top tanks used in World War II were also utilized during the Korean War. Soon after the invasion of South Korea, the United Nations voted to support the South Koreans. When the North Koreans invaded South Korea in June 1950, using T-34s, the South Koreans had no armor of their own so had to retreat in the face of North Korean tanks. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, sparking the Korean War, the Cold War's first major conflict that continued until 1953. After three years of military administration by the United States, the South Korean government was established. The United States engaged in the decolonization of Korea (mainly in the South, with the Soviet Union engaged in North Korea) from Japan after World War II. A North Korean T-34-85 caught on a bridge south of Suwon by American attack aircraft during the Korean War. In December, the UN General Assembly declared this "a lawful government" and "the only such government in Korea." Knocked out North Korean T-34 during the Korean War in September 1950 near Seoul after the amphibious landings at Inchon. In the South, elections supervised by the United Nations were held, a Republic of Korea was declared, and Syngman Rhee inaugurated as its first president. In the North, a former anti-Japanese guerrilla and communist activist, Kim Il Sung gained power through Soviet support. ĭespite the initial plan of a unified Korea in the 1943 Cairo Declaration, escalating Cold War antagonism between the Soviet Union and the United States eventually led to the establishment of separate governments, each with its own ideology, leading to Korea's division into two political entities in 1948: North Korea and South Korea. History of the South Korean army Supporting the 8th ROK Army Division, an M4A3E8 Sherman tank fires its 76mm gun at KPA bunkers at "Napalm Ridge", Korea. Note the different rear plate and twin fender-mounted exhausts. ![]() Over this period Korea has moved from being an operator of United States designed and produced tanks to being the designer and manufacturer of first class tanks in its own right. The history and development of the tank in the South Korea spans the period from their adoption after World War II with the foundation of the South Korean army, into the Cold War and the present. ![]()
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