Korean War

The Korean War (25 Juin 1950 – 27 Julie 1953)^[29][a][31] wis a war atween the Republic o Korea (Sooth Korea), uphaudit bi the Unitit Naitions, an the Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea (North Korea), at ane time uphaudit bi the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae an the Soviet Union. It wis primarily the efterclap o the poleetical diveesion o Korea bi a greement o the victorious Allies at the conclusion o the Paceefic War at the end o Warld War II. The Korean Peninsula wis ruled bi the Empire o Japan frae 1910 till the end o Warld War II. Follaein the surrender o the Empire o Japan in September 1945, American admeenistrators dividit the peninsula alang the 38t parallel, wi U.S. militar forces occupeein the soothren hauf an Soviet militar forces occupeein the northren hauf.^[32]8988

Korean War (한국전쟁) (조선전쟁)
Pairt o the Cauld War
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) Location Korean Peninsula, Sea o Japan, Korea Strait 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 Territorial changes Korean Demilitarized Zone established; North Korea gains ceety o Kaesong, itherwise baith sides gained little border territory at the 38t parallel
Belligerents
Anti-communist forces:  Sooth Korea  Unitit States  Unitit Naitions  Unitit Kinrick Combat support Australie  Belgium Canadae  Fraunce Philippines  Colombie Ethiopie Greece  Luxembourg Netherlands  New Zealand Sooth Africae  Thailand  Turkey Medical support  Denmark  Indie  Italy  Israel  Norawa  Swaden Ither support  Cuba  El Salvador  Japan Spain[1]  Taiwan	Communist forces:  North Korea  Cheenae  Soviet Union Medical support Bulgarie Czechoslovakie[2] Hungary Poland Romanie[3] Other support  Indie[4] Mongolie
Commanders an leaders
Rhee Syngman Douglas MacArthur (Commander o the UNC) Chung Il-kwon Paik Sun-yup Shin Sung-mo Son Won-il Dwight Eisenhower Matthew Ridgway (Commander o the UNC) Mark Wayne Clark (Commander o the UNC) Clement Attlee Winston Churchill	Kim Il-sung Pak Hon-yong Choi Yong-kun Kim Chaek Mao Zedong Peng Dehuai Deng Hua Joseph Stalin Nikita Khrushchev
Strenth
602,902[5] 326,863[6] 14,198[7][8] An ithers 8,123[9] 5,453[7] 2,282[7] 1,600[10] 1,496[7] 1,385[7] 1,290[11] 1,263[7][10] 1,185[10] 1,068[7] 900[7] 826[7] 819[7] 170[11] 105[11] 100[11] 72[11] 70[11] 44[7] Tot: 972,214	1,350,000[12] 266,600[13] 26,000[14] Tot: 1,642,600 Note: The figures vary bi soorce; peak unit strength varied durin war.
Casualties an losses
Tot: 178,426 deid an 32,925 missin Tot woondit: 566,434 Details  Sooth Korea:[11] 137,899 deid 450,742 woondit 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW  Unitit States: 36,574 deid[15] 103,284 woondit[15] 7,926 MIA[16] 4,714 POW[17]  Unitit Kinrick: 1,109 deid[18] 2,674 woondit[18] 179 MIA[11] 977 POW[11]  Turkey:[11] 741 deid 2,068 wounded 163 MIA 244 POW Australie:[19] 339 deid 1,216 woondit 43 MIA 26 POW Canadae: 516 deid[20] 1,042 woondit[21] 1 MIA[11] 33 POW[22]  Fraunce:[11] 262 deid 1,008 woondit 7 MIA 12 POW Kinrick o Greece[11] 192 deid 543 woondit 3 POW  Colombie:[11] 163 deid 448 woondit 28 POW  Thailand:[11] 129 deid 1,139 woondit 5 MIA Ethiopian Empire[11] 121 deid 536 woondit Netherlands:[11] 120 deid 645 woondit 3 MIA  Belgium:[11] 101 deid 478 woondit 5 MIA 1 POW Philippines:[23] 92 deid 299 woondit 97 MIA/POW Union o Sooth Africae[11] 34 deid 9 POW  New Zealand:[23] 34 deid 299 woondit 1 MIA/POW  Norawa:[11] 3 deid  Luxembourg:[11] 2 deid 13 woondit  Indie:[24] 1 deid	Tot deid: 367,283-750,282 Tot woondit: 686,500-789,000 Details North Korea: 215,000-350,000 deid[25] 303,000 woondit 120,000 MIA or POW[26] 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 Soviet Union: 282 deid[28]
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]