Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peninsula in the wake of a shattered North Korean army, General Douglas MacArthur summarily called on the enemy "forthwith to lay down your arms and cease hostilities." The Red reply was the massive Chinese assault from Manchuria which divided the U.N. forces and drove them south of the 38th parallel...
...Regarding the 38th parallel, the status of which has been thoroughly discussed in . . . Washington, London and other capitals . . . it never had any significance. Our naval and air forces cross it at will, and ground forces have done so in the past...
Ready for More? London and Washington cautiously agreed with MacArthur that the 38th parallel should be crossed if he and his fellow generals deemed it tactically necessary. But the statesmen of Whitehall and Foggy Bottom objected to the political implications of the supreme commander's statement, and questioned whether he had not exceeded his military authority by discussing political matters (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...38th parallel in Korea has become almost as famous as another imaginary line, the equator. The political history of the 38th...
Origin. Three days before Japan's surrender, Russian troops entered Korea. A hurried decision by the U.S. War Department set the 38th parallel as a line between Russian and U.S. forces taking over from the Japanese...