Korea

The Korean War



Overview of the war  **The Korean war began June 25, 1950. After World War Two the United States and the Soviet Union had agreed to split Korea on the 38th parallel. The occupying Japanese in the North were forced to surrender to the Soviet Union and the occupying Japanese in the South would surrender to The United States. This is how the United States and the Soviet Union became aligned with there corresponding zones**. The North Korean army equipped by the Soviet Union set out past the 38th parallel on a military campaign to unite North and South Korea. The North Koreans quickly captured the South Korean capital of Seoul. North Korea Was supported by communist China along with the Soviet. Truman was concerned because he saw South Korea as a key in the defense of Japan. Truman saw Japan as a critical country against the fight of communism. The Korean war was extremely hard fought under brutal conditions. The United States battled back and fourth across the 38th parallel and at one point had the North Korean pushed all the way to the Chinese border. The communist Chinese then aided the North Koreans and forced the U.S. all the way back to the North Korean South Korean border. This back and forth battling continued for several years. There were many attempted peace talks but they continued to fall through until 1953 when a cease fire was signed. The Korean war is technically not a war because no Declaration of war was ever made it is by definition an armed conflict. The Korean war also never really ended because no pe ace treaty was signed and neither of the two countries surrendered.



Impact The impact of the Korean war was heavy on the United Sates there were 54,000 deaths and it cost nearly $6.7 billion dollars. The impact of the Korean war was great all around. The impact on the civilian population was especially great it is said that the missing dead and wounded civilians totaled over three million for the people of Korea. The Korean war left North Korea who is still a communistic country extremely isolated from the western world. North Korea is one of the mot secretive nations and one of the biggest threats to the United States. There is still an ever present threat of an invasion of South Korea By the North Koreans.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr7-b3Fu4Ns  Statistics  Hostilities occurred from June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1953 6.8 million men and woman served in the armed services during the hostilities There were 54,200 deaths during the period of hostilities 33,700 of theses deaths were from actual battles. There were 7,140 prisoners of war, 4,418 returned to the United States, 2,701 died, and 21 refused repatriation 131 soldiers received the medal of honor for their actions in the Korean War =War cost= Significance The significance of the Korean war is the way Korea was used as a buffer for hostilities between the U.S. and the S.U. It was a way for each super power to show their might without direct conflict. the Korean war was a battle against communism itself. If Korea was to fall to communism it would have caused a domino affect with all the surrounding nations who were extremely vulnerable to the ideals of communism. The United States saw the value of South Korea because it was useful to protect Japan against the spread of communism.
 * **Country** || **KIA+** || **Wounded** || **MIA** || **Captured** || **Total** || **Comments** ||
 * S Korea || 227,800 || 717,100 || 43,500 || ? || 984,400 || Captured included in MIA? ||
 * US || 54,229 || 103,248 || 8,142 || 3,746 || 169,365 || KIA included the 20,600 accidental fatality ||
 * UK || 710 || 2,278 || 1,263 || 766 || 5,017 ||  ||
 * Turkey || 717 || 2,246 || 167 || 217 || 3,349 ||  ||
 * Australia || 291 || 1,240 || 39 || 21 || 1,591 ||  ||
 * Canada || 309 || 1,055 || 30 || 2 || 1,396 ||  ||
 * France || 288 || 818 || 18 || 11 || 1,135 ||  ||
 * Thailand || 114 || 794 || 5 || 0 || 913 ||  ||
 * Greece || 169 || 543 || 2 || 1 || 715 ||  ||
 * Holland || 111 || 589 || 4 || 0 || 704 ||  ||
 * Columbia || 140 || 452 || 65 || 29 || 686 ||  ||
 * Ethiopia || 120 || 536 ||  ||   || 656 ||   ||
 * Philippines || 92 || 299 || 57 || 40 || 488 ||  ||
 * Belgium/Luxe || 97 || 350 || 5 || 1 || 453 ||  ||
 * New Zealand || 34 || 80 ||  || 1 || 115 ||   ||
 * South Africa || 20 ||  || 16 || 6 || 42 ||   ||
 * Japan || several ||  ||   || 1 ||   ||   ||
 * PRC || 132,000 || 238,400 || 8,000 || 21,400 || 392,600 ||  ||
 * NK ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * NK ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || **Total weight of material**
 * (in million tons)** || **Ammunition**
 * (in million tons)** || **Cost (in billion USD)** ||  ||
 * US || 75 || 3.3 || 20 ||  ||
 * PRC || 5.6 || 0.25 || 2.5 ||  ||

**Time line **
 * June 25, 1950:** North Korean Forces crossed the 38thy parallel attacking the south. The United Nations Security condemned the attack in the Security Council Resolution 82.
 * June 27, 1950**: Warren Austin The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. told President Truman that North Korea had ignored action 82.
 * June 29, 1950**: General Douglas MacArthur flew to the South Korean headquarters at Suwon and took control
 * June 30, 1950:** Truman and his advisers gave MacArthur two division
 * July 2, 1950:** North Korean Peoples Army Took Suwon
 * July 5-21, 1950:** U.S. 24th infantry attacked the North Korean at Osan. The U.S. weren't sufficiently armed and couldn't overcome the North Korean tanks 180 of the 540 troops were killed, wounded, or captured.
 * September 27, 1950**: President Truman approved General MacArthur to cross the 38th parallel and try to unify Korea into one anti-communism state
 * September 29, 1950:** Seoul was returned to the control of the South Koreans
 * October 19, 1950:** U.S. captured the the north Korean capital of Pyongyang
 * October 24, 1950:** The North Korean army aided by the Chinese forced the U.S. back to the 38th parallel
 * April 11, 1951:** General MacArthur was removed from his post for disobeying the president
 * April 22, 1951:** An all out communist offensive failed to retake Seoul
 * April-May 1951:** A military stalemate began that would last until 1953
 * July 8, 1951:** Peace talks began at Kasong
 * July 27, 1953:** Peace treated signed at Panmunjom

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