"Late the night of Aug. 10, 1945, Brig. Gen. George Lincoln, the Army’s advisor to the SWNCC, 'took a guess at how far the Soviets could get, and decided on the 38th parallel, although he was not convinced the Soviets would respect any line…. Soon afterwards, he apparently had…
— Dr. Mark P. Barry (@DrMarkPBarry) August 8, 2023
Had the 40th parallel been selected on Aug. 10, 1945, Pyongyang, Hamhung and Wonsan would have been in the U.S. zone of military occupation, and Sinuiju would have barely been in the Soviet zone. (CIA map, 2011) pic.twitter.com/VfsoX45z1v
— Dr. Mark P. Barry (@DrMarkPBarry) August 8, 2023
Link to my full 2012 article on the 1945 division of Korea (78 years ago).
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