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6 days ago · The Korean War was a conflict (1950–53) between North Korea, aided by China, and South Korea, aided by the UN with the U.S. as the principal participant. At least 2.5 million people lost their lives in the fighting, which ended in July 1953 with Korea still divided into two hostile states separated by the 38th parallel.
- Allan R. Millett
- Why did the Korean War start?After defeating Japan in World War II, Soviet forces occupied the Korean Peninsula north of the 38th parallel and U.S. forces occupied the south. K...
- How was the United States involved in the Korean War?Prior to Kim Il-Sung’s Soviet-backed invasion in 1950, the United States military was involved in rebuilding Korea south of the 38th parallel and t...
- How were China and the Soviet Union involved in the Korean War?After the partition of the Korean Peninsula in 1945, the Soviet Union was instrumental in purging its zone of political dissidents and supporting t...
- Was the Korean War technically a war?The armed conflict in Korea, which began in 1950, lasted three years and claimed the lives of millions of Korean soldiers and civilians on both sid...
- How did the Korean War end?On July 27, 1953, the United Nations Command reached an armistice with China and North Korea. A demilitarized zone (DMZ) was established along the...
May 3, 2024 · On June 15, 1950, North Korean armed forces invaded South Korea and launched a brutal war on the Korean peninsula. The North Korean military nearly took over the entire peninsula, pushing South Korean forces to Busan. With the entry of U.S. armed forces, however, the South Korean military repelled the Communist attack and eventually pushed them ...
May 4, 2024 · Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, campaign early in the Korean War, part of the Chinese Second Offensive (November–December 1950) to drive the United Nations out of North Korea. The Chosin Reservoir campaign was directed mainly against the 1st Marine Division of the U.S. X Corps, which had.
- Allan R. Millett
1 day ago · This undated photo from Fred Wagner Jr.'s time during the Korean War shows concrete paving not far from the action in Korea. “During that summer of 1952, the Korean War was not going very well.
May 11, 2024 · The agency since 1982 has identified over 450 Americans killed in the Korean War, along with the initial 2,000 whose remains were returned at the war’s close, it said, as over 7,500 US...
May 8, 2024 · Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theater in World War II, administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation that followed, and led United Nations forces during the first nine months of the Korean War.
May 11, 2024 · Origins of the Korean War. American History TV presents coverage of Texas Christian University ’s 2024 Symposium on War, Conflict and Society. This year’s conference is titled “Korea: The ...
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