38th parallel

(noun)

This latitudinal parallel divides the Korean peninsula roughly in the middle. In 1948, this parallel became the boundary between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea), both of which claim to be the government of the whole of Korea.

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Examples of 38th parallel in the following topics:

  • The Armistice

    • That conflict, which claimed over three million lives and divided the Korean Peninsula along ideological lines, commenced on 25 June 1950, with a full-front DPRK invasion across the 38th parallel, and ended in 1953 after international intervention pushed the front of the war back to near the 38th parallel.
    • A rapid U.N. counter-offensive then drove the North Koreans past the 38th Parallel and almost to the Yalu River, when China entered the war on the side of North Korea.
    • Chinese intervention forced the Southern-allied forces to retreat behind the 38th Parallel.
    • The changes in territory stopped there, with both sides in their original positions near the 38th Parallel.
    • The agreement restored the border between the Koreas near the 38th Parallel.

  • China and the Bomb

    • The 38th parallel increasingly became a political border between the two Korean states.
    • Then, a rapid U.N. counter-offensive drove the North Koreans past the 38th Parallel and almost to the Yalu River.
    • Chinese intervention forced the primarily American forces to once again retreat in bitter fighting behind the 38th Parallel.
    • Ridgway, they eventually stopped the overextended Chinese, and slowly fought their way back to the 38th parallel.
    • South Korean and UN troops withdraw behind the 38th parallel in the Korean War.

  • The Military Implementation of Containment

    • On June 25, 1950 a large military force moved across the 38th parallel in the Republic of Korea.
    • General Douglas MacArthur then advanced across the 38th parallel into North Korea.
    • The Chinese then sent in a large army and defeated the U.N. forces, pushing them below the 38th parallel.
    • Although the Chinese had been planning to intervene for months, this action was interpreted by Truman's supporters as a response to U.S. forces crossing the 38th parallel.
    • The agreement restored the border between the Koreas near the 38th Parallel and created the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a 2.5-mile-wide fortified buffer zone between the two Korean nations.

  • Containment to Rollback

    • By attempting to push North Korean forces beyond the 38th parallel, the US pursued a policy of "rollback" rather than containment.
    • While U.S. foreign policy in Europe dictated a strict adherence to the strategy of containment, the UN forces' crossing of the 38th parallel in Korea led some to believe that a strategy of rollback could be successfully utilized in other areas to repel and delegitimize existing Communist regimes.
    • Under the rollback strategy, UN troops under the direction of General Douglas MacArthur advanced across the 38th parallel into North Korea in October of 1950.
    • The Chinese troops defeated the U.N. forces, pushing them below the 38th parallel.

  • The Korean War

    • In August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, as a result of an agreement with the United States, and liberated Korea north of the 38th parallel.
    • After these dramatic reversals of fortune, which saw Seoul change hands four times, the last two years of conflict became a war of attrition, with the front line close to the 38th parallel.

  • The Cold War Begins

    • In Asia, the Red Army had overrun Manchuria in the last month of the war, and went on to occupy the large swathe of Korean territory located north of the 38th parallel.

  • Combinations of Capacitors: Series and Parallel

    • Like any other form of electrical circuitry device, capacitors can be used in series and/or in parallel within circuits.
    • It is possible for a circuit to contain capacitors that are both in series and in parallel.
    • However, these are both in parallel with C3.
    • This image depicts capacitors C1, C2, and so on until Cn in parallel.
    • Calculate the total capacitance for the capacitors connected in series and in parallel

  • Resistors in Parallel

    • Resistors in a circuit can be connected in series or in parallel.
    • Therefore, for every circuit with $n$ number or resistors connected in parallel,
    • $R_{n \;(parallel)} = \frac{1}{R_1} + \frac{1}{R_2} + \frac{1}{R_3} ... + \frac{1}{R_n}.$
    • Three resistors connected in parallel to a battery and the equivalent single or parallel resistance.
    • Calculate the total resistance in the circuit with resistors connected in parallel

  • Structural Parallelism Within a Sentence

    • But what is parallelism?
    • Parallel: We can pay with a mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound.
    • Parallel: This is a time not for words but for action.
    • In some instances, you must figure out which parts of the sentence are parallel in meaning before making them parallel in structure.
    • The title sentence is a non-parallel statement.

  • Combination Circuits

    • A combination circuit can be broken up into similar parts that are either series or parallel.
    • In that case, wire resistance is in series with other resistances that are in parallel.
    • In the initial image, the two circled sections show resistors that are in parallel.
    • The next step shows that the circled two resistors are in parallel.
    • This combination of seven resistors has both series and parallel parts.