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Korean War
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Korean War
(한국전쟁)
(조선전쟁) | Part of the Cold War | Clockwise from top: U.S. Marines retreating during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir; U.N. landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Inchon; Korean refugees in front of an AmericanM26 Pershing tank; U.S. Marines, led by First LieutenantBaldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon; F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft. | Date | 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953
(3 years, 1 month and 2 days) | Location | Korean Peninsula | Status | * The Korean Armistice Agreement, acease-fire armistice * U.N. invasion of North Korea repelled * Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled * Korean Demilitarized Zoneestablished, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentiallyuti possidetis | Territorial changes | Korean Demilitarized Zone established; both sides gained little border territory at the 38th parallel | | Belligerents | * South Korea * United Nations * United States * United Kingdom * (U.N. Resolution 84)Combat support[show]Medical support[show]Other support[show] | * North Korea * China * Soviet UnionMedical support[show]Other support[show] | Commanders and leaders | * Rhee Syngman * Douglas MacArthur
(Commander of the UNC) * Chung Il-kwon * Paik Sun-yup * Shin Sung-mo * Son Won-il * Dwight Eisenhower * Matthew Ridgway
(Commander of the UNC) * Mark Wayne Clark
(Commander of the UNC) | * Kim Il-sung * Pak Hon-yong * Choi Yong-kun * Kim Chaek * Mao Zedong * Peng Dehuai * Deng Hua * Joseph Stalin | Strength | * 602,902[3] * 326,863[4] * 14,198[5][6]And others[show]Total: 972,214 | * 1,350,000[10] * 266,600[11] * 26,000[12]Total: 1,642,600
Note: The figures vary by source; peak unit strength varied during war. | Casualties and losses | Total: 178,236 dead and 32,844


Citations: Imperial Japanese rule (1910–1945) Main article: Korea under Japanese rule Chinese Civil War (1945–1949) Main article: Chinese Civil War At the Potsdam Conference (July–August 1945), the Allies unilaterally decided to divide Korea[57]—without consulting the Koreans—in contradiction of the Cairo Conference.[58][59][60] On 8 September 1945, Lt Course of the war The war begins (June 1950) United Nations response (July – August 1950) A US howitzer position near the Kum River, 15 July. Battle of Inchon (September 1950) Main article: Battle of Inchon
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