Korean War

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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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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 Korean War
surface form: 6·25 War

Korean War
surface form: Fatherland Liberation War

Korean conflict
belligerent North Korea
surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

China
surface form: People’s Republic of China

South Korea
surface form: Republic of Korea

Soviet Union
United Nations Command
United States of America
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
theater East Asia
treaty Korean Armistice Agreement
treatyDate 1953-07-27

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North Korean General Nam Il conflict Korean War
subject surface form: Nam Il
MacArthur Memorial mainSubject Korean War
Matthew Ridgway conflict Korean War
Korean Peninsula siteOf Korean War
Truman administration conflict Korean War
Buzz Aldrin participantIn Korean War
Mao Anying conflict Korean War
Senator Adlai Stevenson III conflict Korean War
subject surface form: Adlai Stevenson III
Incheon historicalEventContext Korean War
United States Army General Mark W. Clark conflict Korean War
subject surface form: Mark W. Clark
Royal Australian Navy engagedIn Korean War
William Westmoreland conflict Korean War
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald conflict Korean War
subject surface form: Wesley L. McDonald
Royal Scots conflict Korean War
Philippine Navy conflict Korean War
U.S. Pacific Air Forces conflictInvolvement Korean War
subject surface form: Pacific Air Forces
George Deukmejian conflict Korean War
Seventh Fleet conflict Korean War
subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet
James Garner conflict Korean War
RA engagement Korean War
subject surface form: Royal Regiment of Artillery
2nd Marine Division conflict Korean War
Massacre in Korea mainSubject Korean War
Fifth Air Force engagement Korean War
John Eisenhower conflict Korean War
War of Liberation followedBy Korean War
Royal Netherlands Army conflict Korean War
Greek Army conflict Korean War
Jon Morrow Lindbergh conflict Korean War
John Glenn conflict Korean War