Truman:Background
Upon the untimely death of President Franklin D, Roosevelt on April 1945, Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) succeeded him as the 33rd President of the United States. While he may have only had a high school diploma, at the time of Roosevelt’s death he was vice president and as such inherited the presidential office. In his presidency, he encountered challenging obstacles regarding international affairs throughout his two terms as president. the most notable of which would be navigating the United States through the end of World War II, followed by the Cold War with the Soviet Union, as well as the beginning of the atomic age.
As president, he saw the beginning of the Cold War and believed that a hard stance in order to check the …show more content…
To the allied nations, the bigger concern at the time concerned Eastern Europe and what was to become of it. While concerns of Japan’s aggressive expansion was noted it was more of a minor issue compared to that of Germany. That being said, the Allies did agree that Japan should be forced to relinquish control over Korea and that the country should be jointly occupied by the US and USSR, with the 38th parallel serving as a temporary boundary between the Soviet and American zones of …show more content…
While the Russian forces could have easily taken full control of the whole of Korea, they had chosen to halt at the 38th parallel to honor their agreement. However, this sense commodore was short lived as the allies that were once able to work together became bitter at each other, later making them Cold War enemies. Korea at this point was already partitioned at the 38th parallel, the USSR supported a communist regime in the region they had under their administration and the Americans supported a non-communist regime South of the parallel. Both the United States and the USSR could not agree on the form of government Korea should be, and so the 38th parallel that was meant to be temporary became permanent. In the North, with Soviet assistance, Kim Il Sung began organizing an authoritarian Communist regime. Meanwhile, in the South, Korean exile Syngman Rhee—who had spent much of his life living in the United States—established his own administration, no less authoritarian than Kim 's but ferociously anticommunist and backed by the Americans. The newly formed United Nations tried to resolve the issue by creating , it was rejected by the Soviets and they refused to entertain the idea of it. As a result, Syngman Rhee a man who was widely unpopular won the election in the South while the North held no elections at all. That being said, Kim II Sung had begun organizing
Upon the untimely death of President Franklin D, Roosevelt on April 1945, Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) succeeded him as the 33rd President of the United States. While he may have only had a high school diploma, at the time of Roosevelt’s death he was vice president and as such inherited the presidential office. In his presidency, he encountered challenging obstacles regarding international affairs throughout his two terms as president. the most notable of which would be navigating the United States through the end of World War II, followed by the Cold War with the Soviet Union, as well as the beginning of the atomic age.
As president, he saw the beginning of the Cold War and believed that a hard stance in order to check the …show more content…
To the allied nations, the bigger concern at the time concerned Eastern Europe and what was to become of it. While concerns of Japan’s aggressive expansion was noted it was more of a minor issue compared to that of Germany. That being said, the Allies did agree that Japan should be forced to relinquish control over Korea and that the country should be jointly occupied by the US and USSR, with the 38th parallel serving as a temporary boundary between the Soviet and American zones of …show more content…
While the Russian forces could have easily taken full control of the whole of Korea, they had chosen to halt at the 38th parallel to honor their agreement. However, this sense commodore was short lived as the allies that were once able to work together became bitter at each other, later making them Cold War enemies. Korea at this point was already partitioned at the 38th parallel, the USSR supported a communist regime in the region they had under their administration and the Americans supported a non-communist regime South of the parallel. Both the United States and the USSR could not agree on the form of government Korea should be, and so the 38th parallel that was meant to be temporary became permanent. In the North, with Soviet assistance, Kim Il Sung began organizing an authoritarian Communist regime. Meanwhile, in the South, Korean exile Syngman Rhee—who had spent much of his life living in the United States—established his own administration, no less authoritarian than Kim 's but ferociously anticommunist and backed by the Americans. The newly formed United Nations tried to resolve the issue by creating , it was rejected by the Soviets and they refused to entertain the idea of it. As a result, Syngman Rhee a man who was widely unpopular won the election in the South while the North held no elections at all. That being said, Kim II Sung had begun organizing