CAUSES OF THE KOREAN WAR These are the events that contributed to the outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula in 1950: Japanese occupation of Korea American/Soviet liberation of Korea in 1945 Events of 1949 and 1950 Truman's 'Police Action'
the spread of communism during the Cold War, American containment, and Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. ... The American containment policy is often referred to as the Truman Doctrine, since American President Harry S.
