Korean War

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international armed conflict proxy war war

The Korean War was a major Cold War conflict fought from 1950 to 1953 between North and South Korea, involving large-scale military intervention by the United States and other United Nations forces on one side and China (with Soviet support) on the other.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international armed conflict → proxy war → war →
aftermath	entrenchment of Cold War divisions in East Asia → long-term U.S. military presence in South Korea → militarization of Korean Demilitarized Zone →
alsoKnownAs	6·25 War → Fatherland Liberation War → Korean conflict →
belligerent	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea → People’s Republic of China → Republic of Korea → Soviet Union → United Nations Command → United States →
cause	division of Korea after World War II → invasion of South Korea by North Korea →
civilianCasualties	very high →
commander	Douglas MacArthur → Kim Il Sung → Matthew Ridgway → Peng Dehuai →
conflictBetween	North Korea → South Korea →
endDate	1953-07-27 →
estimatedDeaths	2000000 to 4000000 →
frontLine	38th parallel →
initiatedBy	North Korea →
location	Korean Peninsula →
majorBattle	Battle of Chosin Reservoir → Battle of Heartbreak Ridge → Battle of Pork Chop Hill → Battle of Pusan Perimeter → Inchon Landing →
partOf	Cold War →
peaceTreatySigned	no →
result	Korean Armistice Agreement → continued division of Korea → military stalemate →
startDate	1950-06-25 →
status	armistice →
supportedBy	China → Soviet Union → United Nations → United States →
theater	East Asia →
treaty	Korean Armistice Agreement →
treatyDate	1953-07-27 →

Referenced by (332)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
11th Marine Regiment → 1st Battalion, 1st Marines → 1st Battalion, 7th Marines → 1st Combat Engineer Battalion → 1st Marine Division → 1st Marine Division (United States) → 1st Marine Regiment → 1st Tank Battalion → 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines → 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines → 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines → 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing → 2nd Marine Division → 2nd Marine Tank Battalion → 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines → 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines → 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines → 3rd Infantry Division → 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing → 41 (Independent) Commando Royal Marines → 7th Infantry Division (United States) → 7th Marine Regiment → 8th Marines → Adlai Stevenson III → Alan K. Simpson → Albert C. Wedemeyer → Alexander Haig → Armed Forces of Colombia → Armed Forces of Turkey → Australian Army → Battle of Heartbreak Ridge → Battle of Inchon → Battle of Pork Chop Hill → Battle of Pusan Perimeter → Belgian Armed Forces → British Commonwealth forces → British Expeditionary Forces → Busan Perimeter → Canadian Army (pre‑1968) → Canadian Army Medical Corps → Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group → Chinese People's Volunteer Army infantry units → Chinese Second Phase Offensive → Creighton Abrams → Curtis LeMay → Douglas MacArthur → Eastern Front of the Korean War → Edward Almond → Fairey Firefly → French Battalion of the United Nations Organisation → George Deukmejian → Greek Army → Hungnam evacuation → Inchon Landing → Inchon Regiment → Iowa-class battleship → Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. → J. Lawton Collins → Jack Swigert → James Garner → James M. Gavin → James M. Gavin → John Eisenhower → John Glenn → John Seigenthaler → John Warner → Jon Morrow Lindbergh → Kim Il Sung → Korean Armistice Agreement → Korean War CIB → Lewis B. Puller → Lockheed P-2 Neptune → Mao Anying → Mark W. Clark → Mark W. Clark → Matthew Ridgway → Maxwell D. Taylor → Nakdong River line → Nam Il → Neil A. Armstrong → Norman Mineta → Omar Bradley → Operation Chromite → Peng Dehuai → Pete Wilson → Peter Orlovsky ("Korean War (non-combat service)") → Philippine Navy → Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry → RAF Police → RAF Regiment → ROK I Corps → Royal 22e Régiment → Royal Air Force → Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve → Royal Armoured Corps → Royal Army Medical Corps → Royal Army Pay Corps → Royal Australian Air Force → Royal Australian Artillery → Royal Australian Regiment → Royal Canadian Navy → Royal Marines → Royal Military Police → Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve → Royal Netherlands Army → Royal New Zealand Air Force → Royal Scots → Royal Tank Regiment → Rubin "Hurricane" Carter → Second Battle of Seoul → Silver Star → Slade Gorton → Song Shilun → Soviet Air Forces → Soviet Ground Forces → Soviet Navy → Soviet armed forces → Special Boat Service → Strategic Air Command → Ted Williams → The Old Breed → Theodore Samuel Williams → Thirteenth Air Force → Truman administration → Turkish Air Force → U.S. 45th Infantry Division → UN naval forces → USS Hornet (CV-12) → USS Iowa → United Nations Command → United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 85 → United States 2nd Infantry Division → United States Army Security Agency → United States Seventh Fleet → United States X Corps → Walter Mondale → Walton H. Walker → Wesley L. McDonald → William Westmoreland → Women's Royal Army Corps →	conflict
.50 caliber M2 Browning machine gun → 40 mm Bofors autocannon → B-29 Superfortress → Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor → Douglas A-26 Invader → Douglas C-47 Skytrain → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → Gloster Meteor → Hawker Sea Fury → Karabiner 98k → M1 Garand → M26 Pershing → M4 Sherman tank → M46 Patton tank → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 → Mosin–Nagant rifle → North American F-86 Sabre → North American P-51 Mustang → PPSh-41 → RCAF roundel → Republic F-84 Thunderjet → Republic P-47 Thunderbolt → SVT-40 → Supermarine Spitfire → T-34 medium tank → Thompson submachine gun → VVS → de Havilland Mosquito →	usedInConflict
British Army → Fleet Air Arm → People's Liberation Army → People's Liberation Army → Republic of Korea Air Force → Republic of Korea Armed Forces → Republic of Korea Army → Royal Australian Navy → Royal Canadian Air Force → South African Army → United States Armed Forces → United States Army → United States Eighth Army → United States Marine Corps →	engagedIn
Earl Lloyd → Fred Haise → I Corps → Michael Caine → Organized Reserve Corps → Spiro Agnew → Ted Williams → USS Missouri → Whitey Ford →	conflictParticipatedIn
Battle of Chosin Reservoir → Battle of Heartbreak Ridge → Battle of Pork Chop Hill → Battle of Pusan Perimeter → Chinese Second Phase Offensive ("Chinese intervention in the Korean War") → Hungnam evacuation → Inchon Landing → Operation Chromite →	partOf
Armed Forces of Greece → Pacific Air Forces → Royal Australian Armoured Corps → U.S. Pacific Fleet → United States Navy Reserve →	conflictInvolvement
Air Force Reserve → Armed Forces of Thailand → British Armed Forces → Illinois National Guard → The Cannon Cockers ("Korean War (through 11th Marine Regiment)") →	conflictParticipation
1st Marine Aircraft Wing → Australian Defence Force → Fifth Air Force → Royal Marines Commandos → Royal Regiment of Artillery →	engagement
Choe Yong-gon → King's Own Scottish Borderers → Middlesex Regiment → The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → USAR →	participatedIn
Andersen Air Force Base → Defense Production Act of 1950 → Fort Lewis → Fort Ord → military payment certificates →	usedDuring
Air Medal → Distinguished Flying Cross → Korean War CIB → Military Cross →	campaign
Royal Corps of Signals → USASC → United States Army Signal Corps → United States Ordnance Department →	conflictInvolved
MacArthur Memorial → Massacre in Korea → Pork Chop Hill → Swords and Plowshares →	mainSubject
Battleship Missouri Memorial → Ted Williams → USS Missouri → USS Wisconsin →	servedInConflict
United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 ("North Korean invasion of South Korea") → United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 85 →	subject
Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group ("Chinese intervention in the Korean War") → Memorial Day → Roll of Honour →	associatedWith
Australian War Memorial → National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific → National War Memorial →	commemoratesConflict
1st Marine Regiment → 5th Marine Regiment → USS Missouri →	conflictParticipated
Navy Distinguished Service Medal → Navy Unit Commendation → Presidential Unit Citation (United States) →	conflictUsage
Buzz Aldrin → Kim Chaek → Nam Il →	participantIn
Military history of the United Kingdom → Truman administration → United States–Soviet Union relations →	significantEvent
Korean War ("Fatherland Liberation War") → Korean War ("6·25 War") →	alsoKnownAs
Distinguished Service Order → Military Order of William →	awardedDuring
Distinguished Service Cross → Military William Order →	awardedInConflict
Eternal Flame (Australian War Memorial) → Illinois Korean War Memorial →	commemorates
Military Demarcation Line → Panmunjom →	conflictRelatedTo
Royal Canadian Navy → United States Navy →	notableConflict
United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 ("North Korean invasion of South Korea on 1950-06-25") → United Nations Security Council Resolution 85 ("North Korean invasion of South Korea") →	relatedEvent
For the Boys → MASH →	setDuring
Pork Chop Hill → Pork Chop Hill (1959 film) →	setInPeriod
Royal Canadian Engineers →	activeDuring
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps →	activeIn
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission →	appliesToConflict
Commander, United Nations Command →	associatedWithConflict
Truman family →	associatedWithWarTimeLeadership
Bronze Star Medal →	campaignOrService
Silver Star Medal →	campaigns
Distinguished Conduct Medal →	campaignUse
Schofield Barracks →	conflictAssociation
Military Armistice Commission →	conflictContext
Battle of Chosin Reservoir →	conflictOf
Combat Medical Badge →	conflicts
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facilities →	conflictScope
82nd United States Congress →	convenedDuring
Commander, United Nations Command →	createdDuring
Massacre in Korea →	depictsTimePeriod
CIA Special Activities Division →	engagedInConflict
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum →	focusesOn
Battleship USS Iowa Museum →	focusesOnPeriod
War of Liberation →	followedBy
United States–South Korea security alliance →	foundedAfter
McCarthyism →	hasCause
Section 46, Arlington National Cemetery →	hasGravesFromConflict
Cold War →	hasSignificantEvent
Office of Defense Mobilization →	historicalContext
South Korea →	historicalEvent
Incheon →	historicalEventContext
United States Infantry →	historicalInvolvement
Korean War Veterans Memorial →	honorsConflict
ANZUS →	influencedBy
Korean People's Army →	involvedInConflict
James Forman →	militaryConflict
Soviet military officers →	notableConflictParticipation
United States Army Rangers →	notableEngagement
Harry S. Truman →	notableEvent
United States Marine Corps Reserve →	notableParticipation
Medal of Honor →	notableTheaterOfAwards
Royal Army Medical Corps →	notableTheatre
United States National Guard →	participatedInConflict
Allied occupation of Korea →	relatedTo
USS New Jersey →	sawActionIn
Royal Military College, Duntroon →	significantConflict
Korean Peninsula →	siteOf
Reading Room (Australian War Memorial) →	subjectArea
Combat Infantryman Badge →	subsequentlyAwardedInConflict
United States Marine Corps museums →	timePeriodCovered
Watertown Arsenal →	usedDuringConflict
National Defense Reserve Fleet →	usedIn
North Korea →	war
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier →	warCommemorated