Korean War (한국전쟁) (조선전쟁) |
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Pairt o the Cauld War |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Korean_War_Montage_2.png/240px-Korean_War_Montage_2.png) Clockwise frae tap: U.S. Marines retreatin in the Battle o Chosin Reservoir; U.N. laundin at Incheon herbour, stairtin pynt o the Battle o Inchon; Korean refugees afore an American M26 Pershing tank; U.S. Marines, led bi First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, laundin at Incheon; F-86 Sabre fechter aircraft. |
Date | De facto: 25 Juin 1950 – 27 Julie 1953 (3 years, 1 month and 2 days) De jure: 25 Juin 1950 – 27 Apryle 2018 (67 years, 10 months and 2 days) |
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Location | Korean Peninsula, Sea o Japan, Korea Strait |
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Status |
- The Korean Airmistice Agreement, a cease-fire airmistice
- North Korean invasion o Sooth Korea repelt
- U.N. invasion o North Korea repelt
- Cheenese-North Korean invasion o Sooth Korea repelt
- Korean Demilitarized Zone estaiblisht
uti possidetis
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Territorial changes |
Korean Demilitarized Zone established; North Korea gains ceety o Kaesong, itherwise baith sides gained little border territory at the 38t parallel |
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Belligerents |
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Anti-communist forces:
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Communist forces:
Other support
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Indie
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Mongolie
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Commanders an leaders |
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Strenth |
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An ithers
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8,123[9]
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5,453[7]
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2,282[7]
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1,600[10]
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1,496[7]
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1,385[7]
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1,290[11]
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1,263[7][10]
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1,185[10]
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1,068[7]
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900[7]
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826[7]
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819[7]
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170[11]
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105[11]
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100[11]
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72[11]
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70[11]
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44[7]
Tot: 972,214 |
Tot: 1,642,600
Note: The figures vary bi soorce; peak unit strength varied durin war. |
Casualties an losses |
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Tot: 178,426 deid an 32,925 missin Tot woondit: 566,434
Details
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Sooth Korea:[11] 137,899 deid 450,742 woondit 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW
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Unitit States: 36,574 deid[15] 103,284 woondit[15] 7,926 MIA[16] 4,714 POW[17]
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Unitit Kinrick: 1,109 deid[18] 2,674 woondit[18] 179 MIA[11] 977 POW[11]
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Turkey:[11] 741 deid 2,068 wounded 163 MIA 244 POW
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Australie:[19] 339 deid 1,216 woondit 43 MIA 26 POW
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Canadae: 516 deid[20] 1,042 woondit[21] 1 MIA[11] 33 POW[22]
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Fraunce:[11] 262 deid 1,008 woondit 7 MIA 12 POW
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Kinrick o Greece[11] 192 deid 543 woondit 3 POW
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Colombie:[11] 163 deid 448 woondit 28 POW
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Thailand:[11] 129 deid 1,139 woondit 5 MIA
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Ethiopian Empire[11] 121 deid 536 woondit
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Netherlands:[11] 120 deid 645 woondit 3 MIA
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Belgium:[11] 101 deid 478 woondit 5 MIA 1 POW
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Philippines:[23] 92 deid 299 woondit 97 MIA/POW
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Union o Sooth Africae[11] 34 deid 9 POW
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New Zealand:[23] 34 deid 299 woondit 1 MIA/POW
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Norawa:[11] 3 deid
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Luxembourg:[11] 2 deid 13 woondit
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Indie:[24] 1 deid
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Tot deid: 367,283-750,282 Tot woondit: 686,500-789,000
Details
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North Korea: 215,000-350,000 deid[25] 303,000 woondit 120,000 MIA or POW[26]
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P.R. Cheenae: (Cheenese soorces):[27] 152,000 deid 383,500 woondit 450,000 hospitalised 4,000 missin 7,110 capturt 14,190 defectit (American estimates):[26] 400,000+ deid 486,000 woondit 21,000 POW
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Soviet Union: 282 deid[28]
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- Tot civilians killt/woondit: 2.5 million (est.)[11]
- Sooth Korea: 990,968
373,599 killed[11] 229,625 woondit[11] 387,744 abducted/missing[11]
- North Korea: 1,550,000 (est.)[11]
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