What is Division of Korea?
[[File:Korea_DMZ.svg|thumb|[[Korea]] first divided along the 38th parallel, later along the demarcation line]] [[File:Korea_demilitarized_zone_map_-_1969.jpg|thumb|Detail of the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone|DMZ]]]] The '''division of Korea''' between [[North Korea|North]] and [[South Korea]] happened because of the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] victory in [[World War II]] in 1945. After [[Japan]] surrendered, the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] made Japan give up all the [[Colony|colonies]] they took through [[military]] force, even those before WWII started. Even though Korea was a colony of Japan before WWII, Japan still had to give it up because it used [[military force]] to take it over. So after 35 years, [[Korea]] no longer became a colony of the [[Empire of Japan]]. However, on the same day Japan surrendered, the [[ Soviet Union]] invaded Korea, after having [[Occupied territory|occupied]] [[Manchuria|Northeast China]]. The [[United States]] and the Soviet Union occupied the country, meaning they had their [[military]] there, with the [[border]] between their zones of control along the [[38th parallel north|38th parallel]], or the land on [[Korea]] from east to west 38 degrees North. With the rise of the [[Cold War]], [[Negotiation|negotiations]] between the United States and the Soviet Union failed to create an independent, unified [[Korea]]. In 1948, the [[elections]] led by the [[UN]] were held only in the southern part of Korea, which was occupied by the United States. This led to the creation of the [[Republic of Korea]] in South Korea, which was afterwards followed by the creation of the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] in North Korea. The United States supported the South, and the Soviet Union supported the North, and each government claimed [[sovereignty]], or the right to rule itself, over the whole of Korea. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea in order to take over all of Korea, which began the [[Korean War]]. Just before North Korea took over all of Korea, the United