Korean War
The Korean War, between North and South Korea, began on June 25, 1950 and paused with an armistice signed on July 27, 1953.
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StephenieadelePOW Camps in USA There were about 665 POW Camps in the U.S. during WWII, 21 in Canada. I respectfully suggest you contact the NPS...
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It was because Japan was ruling over Korea. Then the U.S.A and The Soviet Union helped them get out from under the heal of Japan
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The political boundaries of the Korean peninsula did not change significantly. a military stalemate resulting in the continued...
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WW2 started in 1939. The U.S. joined in 1941. When the war ended in 1945, roughly 416,800 American military personnel had lost...
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The "North Korean" side consisted of Democratic People's Republic of Korea People's Republic of China The Soviet Union The...
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I believe that the reason the US got involved was because of the Truman Doctrine which stated that the US would provide military...
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Truman limited the war to the Korean peninsula, MacArthur had encouraged widening the war to hit Chinese bases in Manchuria....
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Basically a beach landing
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Hoping to unify the Koreas under a single Communist government, the North launched a surprise invasion of South Korea on June 25,...
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The Korean War never ended, and they are still under an armistice to this day. (Ulala) The north was left under Kim Il Sung, and...
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Korean War Deaths According to some estimates: 33,741 Americans, but about 2,800,000 total casualties counting North Korea...
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The Korean War was started on June 25, 1950. It ended on June 27,1953. This year (2010) is the 60th anniversary of this sad, sad...
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During the Korean war the United States had two presidents. Harry Truman was President when it began in 1950, and Dwight...
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The Korean War was fought between the Communist Superpowers of the Soviet Union/Red China and the nations of the Free World,...
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The Korean War is not really going on. The problem is that the U.S. and Japan seem to be allies with South Korea since the Korean...
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North Korea exists as a result of both Soviet and American occupation of the Korean Peninsula after the end of WW2 and as a...
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North and South Korea were divided at the 38th parallel. The Yalu River which runs between North Korea and China. When UN forces...
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"The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their lives during the Korean War."...
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I for one enjoyed his acting in "Team America: World Police".
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Kim Li Sung was Koreas communist leader and Syngman Rhee was the leader of the South Korea republic
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The Korean War began in 1950 when anti-communism was very much to the fore, so I think it was quite popular with most people in...
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Britain sent approximately 62,000 men to the Korean War.
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AnswerThe Korean War was the beginning of the "modern" US war. From the beginning of our country until the end of WWII, our...
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Who actually won the Korean War? Nobody won the Korean War. The Korean peninsula was divided into a communist north and...
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in the ground
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A battle star indicates that the recipient participated in a particular campaign. First one must determine the campaign ribbon...
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DMZ at the 38th Parallel.
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We know most of those that died were Jews, but we don't know EXACTLY how many people died. The bodies were buried in unmarked...
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There were various types of people with many different cultural backgrounds being affected by this war. there were so many...
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The Monroe Doctrine and the Magna Carta
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The forces under the UNC (United Nations Command) were from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, France,...
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See website: Korean War "The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their lives during...
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Not a great deal except that long before WWII Korea had been a Japanese colony so after the war it was taken away from them and...
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AnswerSouth Koreans had little weapons and military because the Korean war took place soon after WWII. WWII ended in 1945 and the...
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South Karea wanted to remain independent, while North Korea, the soviets, and the Chinese wanted to spread communism. South Korea...
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Korea!... mostly around the 38th parallel, which was where the country was split. That was after the North had invaded the...
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Answerthe Koreans and Americans and Chinese
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It cost 54,000 American lives and $67 billion in expenditures. This unsuccessful war caused Americans to reject the Democratic...
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The US won the Korean War and South Korea is a republic similar to ours. The US did not win the Korean war. See "Who...
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All together there were 7,245 American POW's. Of these, 4,418 returned to the U.S, 2,847 died, and 21 refused repatriation. There...
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The answer is not approximate but around 1,500,000 fought.
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More than 27,000 Canadians fought in the Korean War, and 516 Canadians lost their lives. Answer All together 26,791 Canadians...
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Like the Japanese Americans were During World War II.... Discriminated against basically. Well, we were fighting for the...
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Two army colonels in the Pentagon Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel were asked to divide the Korean peninsula. They used the 38th...
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the 38th parallel divided the communist Northern part of Korea and the capitalist Southern part of Korea.
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THe countries were worried but did nothing about it.
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The previous answer of "849,000 young men were killed in ther Korean war" is false. It was nowhere near this amount. 36,516...
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a neutral response was how were they goign to survive?
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In terms of violence and scale yes. In terms of area and time no.Korea commenced immediately as a conventional war; with tanks...
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no!!!!!!!!
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we fough in the battle of kapyong were we had to cover the other allied troops while they were retreating to a safer place...
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A ceasefire stopped the fighting on July 27, 1953. There was an armistice signed by North Korea, China and the UN but not South...
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China fought with the North Koreans if you want to know who helped them fight. South Korea fought against them if that's what...
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actually, it was 67 million dollars
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A main battle fought during the Korean War was the daring counter attack at Inchon. Where Macarthur snuck up behind the North...
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2,448,095 soldiers died in total in the Korean war.
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AnswerThe US's Status military wise is we have pulled back from the DMZ and let the South Koreans take over guarding it. We are...
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No, they did not. The United States just came into Korea in order to keep Northern part of Korean away from South Korea. Because...
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The U.S tried to play the peace keeper but ultimatly was apart of the united Nations along with Austraila, Belgium, Canada,...
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If you know the numerical designation of the unit that the veteran served in, you can then determine the campaigns that the unit...
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his rings were big and he did it to help his world and community. he was a guy that just kicked back and did whatever
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Korean War 2 is " WORLD WAR III". North Korea won't go down easily without pulling down China, USA, Russia, Japan, and South...
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I WAS IN KINDERGARDEN WHEN MY DAD WENT TO WAR IN KOREA. IT WAS A TIME WHEN AMERICA WAS JUST RETURNING TO NORMAL AFTER THE BIG...
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At the 38th Parallel, in the Demilitarized Zone. Specifically at Panmunjeom, a small village at the Demilitarized Zone, on...
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US polocies after/during the warThe Korean war was followed in accordance with the Truman Doctrine and NS68, which both basically...
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Men that fought in Europe during WWII against Germany and fought in Korea stated that Korea was far colder. British Centurion...
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There was new technology during the Korean War, such as the introduction of jet planes. Jet planes were introduced to the...
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Answerthere were only china, Vietnam, and north Korea were communist
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Remember that the Korean war was NEVER officially over, it was simply a suspension of warfare. The De-Militarised Zone is...
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AnswerIt established a DMZ between North and South Korea.
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AnswerAs a founding country, that helped to write the U.N charter, Canada was obligated by treaty to come to the aid of...
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Although Canada sent most of the troops troops compared to most other countries (26,791), it did not have a very large affect on...
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The Korean War was fought between its start on June 25, 1950 and the signing of the armistice on July 27, 1953. Technically the...
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The attacks by North Korea on South Korea were seen as a proxy effort by China and the USSR to extend the influence of communist...
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AnswerThere was only one cause of the Korean war, North Korea's attack on South Korea. I THINK THAT Korean war is caused because...
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North Korea wanted to unify itself with South Korea and create one Korea under a Communist government.
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AnswerGeneral Walker was in comand at the start of the war in June 1950. After he was killed in a jeep accident General Ridgway...
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Answerus-it cost us like $67 billion and from what i read 33-54 thousand American live
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his wife is Agatha Scott he married her after collage
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My reading leads me to believe Stalin wished keep China separated from the U.S. He could do this by leading Kim Il-Sung into...
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Mao Zedong. Without the Chinese confrontation with the US-led UN force, the war would not have stalled as it did, forcing a...
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The Korean war is not really over. While the fighting ended, the war officially never has because no peace treaty has been...
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18 months or for the duriation, if you survived,
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It was more ignored then something they took a stand on.
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"Rhee is a sinister and dangerous man, an anachronism who had strayed into this age to use the cliché‚s and machinery of...
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Ethiopia and the Soviet Union ______________________________ The Soviet Union was far from neutral. They gave a lot of aid to...
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When WW2 ended, Korea became a divided nation. The US and Soviet Union had withdrawn most of their troops from Korea. The Soviets...
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Yes it does. Like the Equator and North Pole, it is a position on the earth and would be hard to erase. The line was originally...
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I honestly think war with Korea will come within the next 5 years. I could be wrong but it seems like what Nazi Germany did when...
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He rid the world of his presence by dying. That's about it.
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Of course it was a war you idiot, they only called it a conflict because they didn't want to sign a war declaration and if anyone...
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South Korea, US vs North Korea, USSR, China
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yes so communist wont take over south Korea
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i just used defoliated in a sentence. oooooorrrrrr, if you want a more serious answeri just defoliated that tree over there,...
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we were on the side with South Korea The forces under the UNC (United Nations Command) were from Australia, Belgium, Canada,...
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The Korean War never officially ended. The two sides (North Korea and the US, since the leader of South Korea, Lee Syngman,...
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At the end of World War II, the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union decided that the Soviet Union would invade...
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