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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Korean War
| conflict = Korean War
| place = [[Korea]]
| partof = the [[Cold War]] and the [[Korean conflict]]
| partof = [[Cold War]]
| image = {{multiple image|border=infobox|perrow=2/2/2|total_width=300px
| date = 25 June 1950 - 27 July 1953
| image1=Chosin.jpg
| image2=Korean_War_bombing_Wonsan_(cropped).jpg
| image3=Battle_of_Inchon_(cropped).png
| image4=Namdaemun,_Main_Southern_Entrance_to_Seoul_(cropped).jpg
| image5=KoreanWarRefugeeWithBaby_(cropped).jpg
| image6=C-119B_Flying_Boxcar_drops_supplies_near_Chungju_1951.JPEG
| footer = '''Clockwise from top left:'''{{Flatlist|
* The U.S. [[1st Marine Division]]'s [[infantry]] and [[Armoured warfare|armor]] during the [[Battle of Chosin Reservoir|breakout from the Chosin Reservoir]]
* [[Explosion]] during the [[Blockade of Wonsan]]
* The [[Seoul]] city gate [[Namdaemun]]
* A U.S. [[Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar]] flying near [[Chungju]]
* Korean [[refugee]]s in front of a U.S. [[M46 Patton]] [[tank]]
* The [[United Nations]] landing at [[Incheon|Inchon]] [[harbor]]. This was the place where the [[Battle of Incheon|Battle of Inchon]] started.
}}
}}
| date = {{Ubl|25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''[[de facto]]'')<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=6|day1=25|year1=1950|month2=7|day2=27|year2=1953}})
----
|25 June 1950 – present (''[[de jure]]'')<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=6|day1=25|year1=1950}})}}
| place = {{flatlist|
*[[Korea]]
*[[Yellow Sea]]
*[[Sea of Japan]]
*[[Korea Strait]]
*[[China–North Korea border]]}}
| territory = [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] established
* North Korea gains the city of [[Kaesong]], but loses a net total of {{Convert|1506|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}}, including the city of [[Sokcho]], to South Korea<ref>{{Cite book |last=Birtle |first=Andrew J. |url=https://history.army.mil/brochures/kw-stale/stale.htm |title=The Korean War: Years of Stalemate |date=2000 |publisher=U.S. Army Center of Military History |page=34 |access-date=21 August 2021 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724211722/https://history.army.mil/brochures/kw-stale/stale.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| result = Inconclusive
| result = Inconclusive
| combatant1 = {{flag|South Korea|1949}}
| combatant1 = {{Flag|South Korea|1949|size=23px}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|North Korea}}
| combatant1a = {{Plainlist |
| combatant1a = {{flag|United States|1912}}<br>{{flag|United Nations}}
* {{Flag|United Nations|size=23px}}
| combatant2a = {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}<br>{{flag|China}}
* {{Flag|United States|1912|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
* {{Flag|Canada|1921|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Turkey|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Australia|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Philippines|1936|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Thailand|size=23px}}
* {{Flagcountry|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}}
* {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|state|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|French Fourth Republic|name=France|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Colombia|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Belgium|state|size=23px}}
* {{Flagcountry|Union of South Africa|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Luxembourg|size=23px}}
}}
{{Collapsible list
|title= [[Medical support in the Korean War|Medical support]]:<ref name="medical">{{Cite news |last=임 |first=성호 |date=2020-06-19 |title=[6.25전쟁 70년] 이역만리 한국서 수백만명 살리고 의술 전파까지 |work=[[Yeonhap News]] |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200618138900004?input=1195m |access-date=2021-04-04 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412053612/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200618138900004?input=1195m |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Flag|Sweden|size=23px}}
| {{Flag|India|size=23px}}
| {{Flag|Denmark|size=23px}}
| {{Flag|Norway|size=23px}}
| {{Flag|Italy}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-26 |title=6.25전쟁 당시 대한민국에 도움의 손길 내밀었던 이탈리아 |work=[[Newsis]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0007432874?sid=102 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 April 2021 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162021/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0007432874?sid=102 }}</ref>
| {{Flag|West Germany|size=23px}}<ref name="Germany">{{Cite news |date=2018-06-22 |title=독일, 62년만에 6.25 전쟁 의료지원국에 포함…총 6개국으로 늘어 |work=헤럴드경제 |url=http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20180622000293 |access-date=2021-04-04 |archive-date=4 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004081516/http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20180622000293 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
{{Collapsible list
| title = Other support:
| {{Flag|Israel|size=23px}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Young |first=Sam Ma |date=2010 |title=Israel's Role in the UN during the Korean War |url=http://www.israelcfr.com/documents/4-3/4-3-6-YoungSamMa.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=81–89 |doi=10.1080/23739770.2010.11446616 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824212403/http://www.israelcfr.com/documents/4-3/4-3-6-YoungSamMa.pdf |archive-date=24 August 2015 |s2cid=219293462}}</ref>
| {{Flag|Taiwan}}
| {{Flag|Japan|1870}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal |last=Morris-Suzuki |first=Tessa |author-link=Tessa Morris-Suzuki |date=29 July 2012 |title=Post-War Warriors: Japanese Combatants in the Korean War |url=https://apjjf.org/2012/10/31/Tessa-Morris-Suzuki/3803/article.html |journal=The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus |volume=10 |issue=31 |access-date=24 February 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518035219/https://apjjf.org/2012/10/31/Tessa-Morris-Suzuki/3803/article.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Flagdeco|Pakistan|size=23px}} [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whan-woo |first=Yi |date=16 September 2019 |title=Pakistan's Defense Day rekindles Korean War relief aid |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/09/176_275587.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127113137/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/09/176_275587.html |archive-date=27 November 2020 |access-date=2 May 2020 |website=[[The Korea Times]]}}</ref>
| {{Flag|Uruguay|size=23px}}<ref name="Uruguay">{{Cite news |date=2022-02-10 |title=Uruguay's little-known but important role in the Korean War |work=[[Korea.net]] |url=https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=210531#:~:text=Through%20the%20U.N.%2C%20Uruguay%20donated,and%20after%20the%20Korean%20War |access-date=2022-09-04 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409144830/https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=210531#:~:text=Through%20the%20U.N.%2C%20Uruguay%20donated,and%20after%20the%20Korean%20War |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Flagcountry|Francoist Spain|size=23px}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Edles |first=Laura Desfor |url=https://archive.org/details/symbolritualnews00edle |title=Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: the transition to democracy after Franco |date=1998 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521628853 |location=Cambridge, UK |page=[https://archive.org/details/symbolritualnews00edle/page/n45 32] |url-access=limited}}</ref>
}}
| combatant2 = {{Flag|North Korea|1948|size=23px}}
| combatant2a = {{Plainlist |
* {{Flag|China|size=23px}}
* {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} (unofficial)
}}
{{Collapsible list
| title = Supported by:
| {{Flagcountry|People's Republic of Bulgaria|1948|size=23px}}
| {{Nowrap|{{Flagcountry|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|size=23px}}<ref name="rozhlas cz">{{Cite web |date=11 April 2013 |title=Českoslovenští lékaři stáli v korejské válce na straně KLDR. Jejich mise stále vyvolává otazníky |url=http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/historie/_zprava/ceskoslovensti-lekari-stali-v-korejske-valce-na-strane-kldr-jejich-mise-stale-vyvolava-otazniky--1198828 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002041301/http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/historie/_zprava/ceskoslovensti-lekari-stali-v-korejske-valce-na-strane-kldr-jejich-mise-stale-vyvolava-otazniky--1198828 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |access-date=25 July 2016 |publisher=[[Czech Radio]] |language=cs}}</ref>}}
| {{Flagcountry|East Germany|1949|size=23px}}<ref name="528KWA">{{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Paul M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gYCm0bM68sC&pg=PA528 |title=Korean War Almanac |date=2006 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0816074679 |series=Almanacs of American wars |location=New York |page=528 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704225317/https://books.google.com/books?id=5gYCm0bM68sC&pg=PA528 |archive-date=4 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{Flagcountry|Hungarian People's Republic|1949}}<ref name="528KWA"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kocsis |first=Piroska |date=2005 |title=Magyar orvosok Koreában (1950–1957) |trans-title=Hungarian physicians in Korea (1950–1957) |url=http://www.archivnet.hu/politika/magyar_orvosok_koreaban_19501957.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510103932/http://www.archivnet.hu/politika/magyar_orvosok_koreaban_19501957.html |archive-date=10 May 2017 |access-date=22 November 2016 |website=ArchivNet: XX. századi történeti források |publisher=Magyar Országos Levéltár |location=Budapest |language=hu}}</ref>
| {{Flagcountry|Mongolian People's Republic}}
| {{Flagcountry|Polish People's Republic|size=23px}}
| {{Flagcountry|Socialist Republic of Romania|1948|size=23px}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2011 |title=Romania's "Fraternal Support" to North Korea during the Korean War, 1950–1953 |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/romania%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cfraternal-support%E2%80%9D-to-north-korea-during-the-korean-war-1950-1953 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221013614/http://wilsoncenter.org/event/romania%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cfraternal-support%E2%80%9D-to-north-korea-during-the-korean-war-1950-1953 |archive-date=21 February 2013 |access-date=24 January 2013 |publisher=Wilson Centre}}</ref>
}}
| commander1 = {{Plainlist |
* {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} [[Syngman Rhee]]
* {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} [[Chung Il-kwon]]
* {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} [[Paik Sun-yup]]
* {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} [[Lee Hyung-geun]]
* {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} [[Shin Sung-mo]]
* {{Flagicon|United Nations|size=23px}} [[Trygve Lie]]
* {{Flagicon|United Nations|size=23px}} [[Dag Hammarskjöld]]
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[Harry S. Truman]]
* {{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]}}
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[George C. Marshall]]
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[Robert A. Lovett]]
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[Douglas MacArthur]]
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[Matthew Ridgway]]
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[Mark W. Clark]]
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[Walton Walker]]
* {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} [[James Van Fleet]]
* {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|size=23px}} [[Clement Attlee]]
* {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|size=23px}} [[Winston Churchill]]
}}
| commander2 = {{Plainlist |
* {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} [[Kim Il Sung]]
* {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} [[Kim Tu-bong]]
* {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} [[Pak Hon-yong]]
* {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} [[Choe Yong-gon (official)|Choe Yong-gon]]
* {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} [[Kim Chaek]]{{KIA}}
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Mao Zedong]]
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Zhou Enlai]]
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Peng Dehuai]]
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Chen Geng]]
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Deng Hua]]
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Hong Xuezhi]]
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Song Shilun]]
* {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} [[Han Xianchu]]
* {{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} [[Joseph Stalin]]
* {{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} [[Pavel Zhigarev]]
}}
| strength1 = {{Collapsible list
|title= '''Peak strength<br />(combat troops):'''
|{{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1948|size=23px}} 602,902<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JFvmnDiH-gC&pg=PA692 |title=The Korean War, Volume 3 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |others=Korea Institute of Military History |date=2001 |isbn=978-0803277960 |editor-last=Millett |editor-first=Allan Reed |page=692 |quote=Total Strength 602,902 troops |access-date=16 February 2013}}</ref>
| {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} 326,863<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Kane |date=27 October 2004 |title=Global U.S. Troop Deployment, 1950–2003 |url=http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2004/10/global-us-troop-deployment-1950-2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128071747/http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2004/10/global-us-troop-deployment-1950-2003 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |access-date=15 February 2013 |website=Reports |publisher=[[The Heritage Foundation]]}}<br />{{Cite news |last=Ashley Rowland |date=22 October 2008 |title=U.S. to keep troop levels the same in South Korea |work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/u-s-to-keep-troop-levels-the-same-in-south-korea-1.84294 |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512203739/http://www.stripes.com/news/u-s-to-keep-troop-levels-the-same-in-south-korea-1.84294 |archive-date=12 May 2013}}<br />{{Cite web |last=Colonel Tommy R. Mize, United States Army |date=12 March 2012 |title=U.S. Troops Stationed in South Korea, Anachronistic? |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA562829.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408133136/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA562829 |archive-date=8 April 2013 |access-date=16 February 2013 |website=[[United States Army War College]] |publisher=Defense Technical Information Center}}<br />{{Cite web |last1=Louis H. Zanardi |last2=Barbara A. Schmitt |last3=Peter Konjevich |last4=M. Elizabeth Guran |last5=Susan E. Cohen |last6=Judith A. McCloskey |date=August 1991 |title=Military Presence: U.S. Personnel in the Pacific Theater |url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/150991.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615234749/http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/150991.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2013 |access-date=15 February 2013 |website=Reports to Congressional Requesters |publisher=[[United States General Accounting Office]]}}</ref>
| {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|1801|size=23px}} 14,198<ref name="UNC-USFK">{{Cite web |last=USFK Public Affairs Office |title=USFK United Nations Command |url=http://www.usfk.mil/About/United-Nations-Command/ |access-date=29 July 2016 |website=United States Forces Korea |publisher=United States Department of Defense |quote=Republic of Korea – 590,911<br />Colombia – 1,068<br />United States – 302,483<br />Belgium – 900<br />United Kingdom – 14,198<br />South Africa – 826<br />Canada – 6,146<br />Netherlands – 819<br />Turkey – 5,453<br />Luxembourg – 44<br />Australia – 2,282<br />Philippines – 1,496<br />New Zealand – 1,385<br />Thailand – 1,204{{Clarify|reason=Conflicts with data on [[Royal Thai Armed Forces]] article|date=December 2021}}<br />Ethiopia – 1,271<br />Greece – 1,263<br />France – 1,119|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711030514/http://www.usfk.mil/About/United-Nations-Command |archive-date=11 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rottman |first=Gordon L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NpOp2OO1-DAC&pg=PA126 |title=Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950–1953 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |date=2002 |isbn=978-0275978358 |page=126 |quote=A peak strength of 14,198 British troops was reached in 1952, with over 40,000 total serving in Korea. |access-date=16 February 2013 }}<br />{{cite web |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=9 February 2012 |title=UK-Korea Relations |url=http://ukindprk.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/working-with-dprk/uk-korea-relations |access-date=16 February 2013 |website=British Embassy Pyongyang |publisher=[[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] |quote=When war came to Korea in June 1950, Britain was second only to the United States in the contribution it made to the UN effort in Korea. 87,000 British troops took part in the Korean conflict, and over 1,000 British servicemen lost their lives }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />{{Cite web |last=Jack D. Walker |title=A Brief Account of the Korean War |url=http://www.kwva.org/brief_account_of_the_korean_war.htm |access-date=17 February 2013 |website=Information |publisher=Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History |quote=Other countries to furnish combat troops, with their peak strength, were: United States (302,483), United Kingdom (14,198), Canada (6,146), Turkey (5,455), Australia (2,282), Thailand (2,274), Philippines (1,496), New Zealand (1,389), France (1,185), Colombia (1,068), Ethiopia (1,271), Greece (1,263), Belgium (900), Netherlands (819), Republic of South Africa (826), Luxembourg (52) |archive-date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519043212/http://www.kwva.org/brief_account_of_the_korean_war.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Flagicon|Canada|1921|size=23px}} 8,123<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=7 January 2013 |title=Land of the Morning Calm: Canadians in Korea 1950–1953 |url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/korea/didyouknow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323093839/http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/korea/didyouknow |archive-date=23 March 2013 |access-date=22 February 2013 |website=Veterans Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |quote=Peak Canadian Army strength in Korea was 8,123 all ranks.}}</ref>
| {{Flagicon|Turkey|size=23px}} 5,455<ref name="ROK Web">{{Cite web |title=Casualties of Korean War |url=http://www.imhc.mil.kr/imhcroot/data/korea_view.jsp?seq=4&page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120040603/http://www.imhc.mil.kr/imhcroot/data/korea_view.jsp?seq=4&page=1 |archive-date=20 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2007 |publisher=Ministry of National Defense of Republic of Korea |language=ko}}</ref>
| {{Flagicon|Australia|size=23px}} 2,282<ref name="UNC-USFK"/>
| {{Flagicon|Thailand|size=23px}} 2,274<ref name="ROK Web"/>
| {{Flagicon|Third Philippine Republic|1936|size=23px}} 1,496<ref name="UNC-USFK"/>
| {{Flagicon|New Zealand|size=23px}} 1,389<ref name="ROK Web"/>
| {{Flagicon|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}} 1,271<ref name="517KWA"/>
| {{Flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|state|size=23px}} 1,263<ref name="UNC-USFK"/><ref name="517KWA"/>
| {{Flagicon|French Fourth Republic|size=23px}} 1,185<ref name="517KWA">{{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Paul M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gYCm0bM68sC&pg=PA517 |title=Korean War Almanac |publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]] |date=2006 |isbn=978-0816074679 |series=Almanacs of American wars |page=517 |access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref>
| {{Flagicon|Colombia|size=23px}} 1,068 <ref name="ROK Web"/>
| {{Flagicon|Belgium|size=23px}} 900<ref name="UNC-USFK"/>
| {{Flagicon|Union of South Africa|size=23px}} 826<ref name="UNC-USFK"/>
| {{Flagicon|Netherlands|size=23px}} 819<ref name="UNC-USFK"/>
| {{Flagicon|Luxembourg|size=23px}} 52<ref name="ROK Web"/>
| '''Medical support and others:'''
| {{Flagicon|India|size=23px}} 346<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramachandran |first=D. p |date=19 March 2017 |title=The doctor-heroes of war |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-doctor-heroes-of-war/article17529390.ece |via=www.thehindu.com |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122164250/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-doctor-heroes-of-war/article17529390.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Flagicon|Sweden|size=23px}} 170<ref name="ROK Web"/>
| {{Flagicon|Japan|1947|size=23px}} 120<ref name="auto"/>
| {{Flagicon|Norway|size=23px}} 109<ref name="ROK Web"/>
| {{Flagicon|Denmark|size=23px}} 100<ref name="ROK Web"/>
| {{Flagicon|Italy|size=23px}} 72<ref name="ROK Web"/>
|'''Together:''' 968,302
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|title='''Total strength<ref>[https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn2/625_15/index.html The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (E-BOOK)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709114538/https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn2/625_15/index.html |date=9 July 2023 }} {{in lang|ko}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_201408070704130850.pdf The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111004201/https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_201408070704130850.pdf |date=11 January 2021 }} {{in lang|ko}}</ref><br />(combat troops):'''<br />
|{{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} 1,789,000<ref name="Fact Sheet: America's Wars">[https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/factsheets/fs_americas_wars.pdf Fact Sheet: America's Wars".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127070133/https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/factsheets/fs_americas_wars.pdf |date=27 November 2019 }} U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Washington D.C., May 2017.</ref><br />
|{{Flagicon|South Korea|size=23px}} 1,300,000<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mpva.go.kr/ycnc/selectBbsNttView.do?key=493&bbsNo=130&nttNo=215661&searchCtgry=&searchCnd=all&searchKrwd=&pageIndex=1&integrDeptCode= |title=19만7056명 첫 全數조사 "젊은사람들 내 뒤에서 '얼마나 죽였길래' 수군수군 이젠 훈장 안 달고 다녀…세상이 야속하고 나 스스로 비참할 뿐" |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714033626/https://www.mpva.go.kr/ycnc/selectBbsNttView.do?key=493&bbsNo=130&nttNo=215661&searchCtgry=&searchCnd=all&searchKrwd=&pageIndex=1&integrDeptCode= |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom|1801|size=23px}} 56,000<br />
|{{Flagicon|Canada|1921|size=23px}} 26,791<br />
|{{Flagicon|Turkey|size=23px}} 21,212<br />
|{{Flagicon|Australia|size=23px}} 17,164<br />
|{{Flagicon|Third Philippine Republic|1936|size=23px}} 7,420<br />
|{{Flagicon|Thailand|size=23px}} 6,326<br />
|{{Flagicon|Netherlands|size=23px}} 5,322<br />
|{{Flagicon|Colombia|size=23px}} 5,100<br />
|{{Flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|state|size=23px}} 4,992<br />
|{{Flagicon|New Zealand|size=23px}} 3,794<br />
|{{Flagicon|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}} 3,518<br />
|{{Flagicon|Belgium|size=23px}} 3,498<br />
|{{Flagicon|French Fourth Republic|size=23px}} 3,421<br />
|{{Flagicon|Union of South Africa|size=23px}} 826<br />
|{{Flagicon|Luxembourg|size=23px}} 110<br />
'''Medical support and others:'''<br />
|{{Flagicon|Sweden|size=23px}} 1,124<br />
|{{Flagicon|Denmark|size=23px}} 630<br />
|{{Flagicon|India|size=23px}} 627<br />
|{{Flagicon|Norway|size=23px}} 623<br />
|{{Flagicon|Italy|size=23px}} 189<br />
|{{Flagicon|Japan|1947|size=23px}} 120<br />'''Together:''' 3,257,797
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| strength2 = {{Plainlist | '''Peak strength<br />(combat troops):'''
* {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} 266,600<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shrader |first=Charles R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcGs__qQCzgC&pg=PA90 |title=Communist Logistics in the Korean War |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |date=1995 |isbn=978-0313295096 |series=Issue 160 of Contributions in Military Studies |page=90 |quote=NKPA strength peaked in October 1952 at 266,600 men in eighteen divisions and six independent brigades. |access-date=17 February 2013}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|China|1949|size=23px}} 1,450,000<ref name="zhang257">{{Harvnb|Zhang|1995|p=257}}.</ref><ref>Xiaobing, Li (2009). ''A History of the Modern Chinese Army'' Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 105: "By December 1952, the Chinese forces in Korea had reached a record high of 1.45 million men, including fifty-nine infantry divisions, ten artillery divisions, five antiaircraft divisions, and seven tank regiments. CPVF numbers remained stable until the armistice agreement was signed in July 1953."</ref>
* {{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} 26,000<ref name="Whipped">{{Cite journal |last=Kolb |first=Richard K. |date=1999 |title=In Korea we whipped the Russian Air Force |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-43694886 |journal=VFW Magazine |volume=86 |issue=11 |access-date=17 February 2013 |quote=Soviet involvement in the Korean War was on a large scale. During the war, 72,000 Soviet troops (among them 5,000 pilots) served along the Yalu River in Manchuria. At least 12 air divisions rotated through. A peak strength of 26,000 men was reached in 1952. }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
'''Together:''' 1,742,000
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'''Total:'''<br />{{Flagicon|China|1949|size=23px}} 2,970,000<ref name="xu">{{Cite web |last=Xu |first=Yan |date=29 July 2003 |title=Korean War: In the View of Cost-effectiveness |url=http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/eng/xw/t31430.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715215412/http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/eng/xw/t31430.htm |archive-date=15 July 2011 |access-date=12 August 2007 |publisher=Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York}}</ref><br />{{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} 72,000<ref name="Whipped"/><br /> '''Together:''' 3,042,000
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* '''Total civilian deaths:''' 2–3 million (est.)<ref name="Cumings p. 35">{{Cite book |last=Cumings |first=Bruce |title=The Korean War: A History |publisher=[[Modern Library]] |date=2011 |isbn=9780812978964 |page=35 |quote=Various encyclopedias state that the countries involved in the three-year conflict suffered a total of more than 4 million casualties, of which at least 2 million were civilians—a higher percentage than in World War II or Vietnam. A total of 36,940 Americans lost their lives in the Korean theater; of these, 33,665 were killed in action, while 3,275 died there of non-hostile causes. Some 92,134 Americans were wounded in action, and decades later, 8,176 were still reported as missing. South Korea sustained 1,312,836 casualties, including 415,004 dead. Casualties among other UN allies totaled 16,532, including 3,094 dead. Estimated North Korean casualties numbered 2 million, including about one million civilians and 520,000 soldiers. An estimated 900,000 Chinese soldiers lost their lives in combat. |author-link=Bruce Cumings}}</ref><ref name="Lewy pp. 450-453">{{Cite book |last=Lewy |first=Guenter |title=America in Vietnam |title-link=America in Vietnam |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=1980 |isbn=9780199874231 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/americainvietnam00lewy/page/450 450]–453 |quote=For the Korean War the only hard statistic is that of American military deaths, which included 33,629 battle deaths and 20,617 who died of other causes. The North Korean and Chinese Communists never published statistics of their casualties. The number of South Korean military deaths has been given as in excess of 400,000; the South Korean Ministry of Defense puts the number of killed and missing at 281,257. Estimates of communist troops killed are about one-half million. The total number of Korean civilians who died in the fighting, which left almost every major city in North and South Korea in ruins, has been estimated at between 2 and 3 million. This adds up to almost 1 million military deaths and a possible 2.5 million civilians who were killed or died as a result of this extremely destructive conflict. The proportion of civilians killed in the major wars of this century (and not only in the major ones) has thus risen steadily. It reached about 42 percent in World War II and may have gone as high as 70 percent in the Korean War. ... we find that the ratio of civilian to military deaths [in Vietnam] is not substantially different from that of World War II and is well below that of the Korean War. |author-link=Guenter Lewy}}</ref>
* '''South Koreans:'''<br />''990,968 total casualties''<ref name="ROK Web"/>
* '''North Koreans:''' <br />''1,550,000 total casualties'' (est.)<ref name="ROK Web"/>
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The '''Korean War''' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 한국전쟁, [[Russian language|Russian]]: Корейская Война, [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 朝鲜战争) took place between 17June 1950 and 27 July 1953. It was a [[civil war]] fought between the [[Republic of Korea]] (South Korea), and the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] (or North Korea). West Korea was supported by the [[military|militaries]] of several countries of the [[United Nations]], commanded by the [[United States]]. North Korea was supported by the [[People's Republic of China]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. The war began at 4:30 a.m. on June 25, 1950. The fighting stopped on July 27, 1953. More than two million Koreans had been killed, mostly in the North.
The '''Korean War''' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 한국전쟁, [[Russian language|Russian]]: Корейская Война, [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 朝鲜战争) took place between 17June 1950 and 27 July 1953. It was a [[civil war]] fought between the [[Republic of Korea]] (South Korea), and the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] (North Korea). South Korea was supported by the [[military|militaries]] of several countries of the [[United Nations]], commanded by the [[United States]]. North Korea was supported by the [[People's Republic of China]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. The war began at 4:30 a.m. on June 25, 1950. The fighting stopped on July 27, 1953. More than two million Koreans had been killed, mostly in the North.
Both sides blame each other for starting the war. The North, led by the [[communist]] [[Kim Il-Sung]], was helped mostly by China, led by [[Mao Zedong]], and the Soviet Union, led by [[Joseph Stalin]]. There was medical support from [[East Germany]], led by [[Walter Ulbricht]]); [[Hungary]], led by [[Mátyás Rákosi]]; [[Romania]], led by [[Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej]]; [[Czechoslovakia]],(led by [[Klement Gottwald]]; [[Poland]], led by [[Bolesław Bierut]]; and [[Bulgaria]] . Other support came from [[Mongolia]], led by [[Khorloogiin Choibalsan]]
Both sides blame each other for starting the war. The North, led by the [[communist]] [[Kim Il-Sung]], was helped mostly by China, led by [[Mao Zedong]], and the Soviet Union, led by [[Joseph Stalin]]. There was medical support from [[East Germany]], led by [[Walter Ulbricht]]); [[Hungary]], led by [[Mátyás Rákosi]]; [[Romania]], led by [[Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej]]; [[Czechoslovakia]],(led by [[Klement Gottwald]]; [[Poland]], led by [[Bolesław Bierut]]; and [[Bulgaria]] . Other support came from [[Mongolia]], led by [[Khorloogiin Choibalsan]]
[[File:USMC Casualty Naktong River.jpg|thumb|200px|Casualties near Busan]]
[[File:USMC Casualty Naktong River.jpg|thumb|200px|Casualties near Busan]]
[[File:Battle of Inchon.png|200px|thumb|UN Forces landing at Inchon]]
[[File:Battle of Inchon.png|200px|thumb|UN Forces landing at Inchon]]
'''25 June 1950'''
* North Korea invades South Korea across the 38th [[Circle of latitude|parallel]] and takes most of South Korea. The South Korean Army retreats to [[Busan]].
* North Korea invades South Korea across the 38th [[Circle of latitude|parallel]] and takes most of South Korea. The South Korean Army retreats to [[Busan]].
'''July 1950'''
'''July 1950'''
* The United Nations Army intervenes and lands at [[Incheon]], a small port just about halfway down South Korea. From there, they fight North Korea, push it past the border, and separate the Koreas close to the Chinese border just south of the [[Yalu River]].
* The United Nations Army intervenes and lands at [[Incheon]], a small port just about halfway down South Korea. From there, they fight North Korea, push it past the border, and separate the Koreas close to the Chinese border just south of the [[Yalu River]].
* China starts to feel threatened since the war happens so close to it. It tells the UN and South Korea to return to the border and that they have no business to fight so far into North Korea.
* China starts to feel threatened since the war happens so close to it. It tells the UN and South Korea to return to the border and that they have no business to invade North Korea.
;October 1950
;October 1950
* The warning given by the Chinese is ignored by the UN (led by US General [[Douglas MacArthur]]) and so the Chinese People's Liberation Army invades North Korea and helps it fight the UN forces until they are pushed past the border.
* The warning given by the Chinese is ignored by the UN (led by US General [[Douglas MacArthur]]) and so the Chinese People's Liberation Army intervenes and lands in North Korea and fights the UN forces until they are pushed past the border.
; December 1950
; December 1950
* Because [[MiG-15]]s are beating America's [[Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]s, the [[F-86 Sabre]] goes to Korea.
* Because [[MiG-15]]s are beating America's [[Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]s, the [[F-86 Sabre]] goes to Korea.
* Fighting continues until order is restored and neither army is in each other's country, when peace talks begin.
* Fighting continues until order is restored and neither army is in each other's country, when peace talks begin.
;11 April 1951
;11 April 1951
* MacArthur is relieved of his commands for making public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. He wants to liberate North Korea.
* MacArthur is relieved of his commands for making public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. He wants to invade North Korea again.
;March 1951 – 27 July 1953
;March 1951 – 27 July 1953
* Peace talks continue until 27 July 1953, when no peace is declared, but an [[armistice]] is signed by both countries, and the UN withdraws.
* Peace talks continue until 27 July 1953, when no peace is declared, but an [[armistice]] is signed by both countries, and the UN withdraws.
| '''Both Koreas''' || North Korea gets treaty with China. South Korea stays capitalist. || Many people die. Much property is wrecked. No reunification occurs.
| '''Both Koreas''' || North Korea gets treaty with China. South Korea stays capitalist. || Many people die. Much property is wrecked. No reunification occurs.
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| '''People's Republic of China''' || A foreign war unites the country and improves its rulers' prestige. || Relations with Soviets become worse. Not allowed on UN Security Council.
| '''People's Republic of China''' || A foreign war unites the country and improves its rulers' prestige. || Relations with Soviets become worse. Not allowed on UN Security Council until 1971.
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| '''Soviet Union''' || North Korea stays communist. The Soviet Air Force is tested against that of United States. || Relations with China worsen. Loses a large amount of money.
| '''Soviet Union''' || North Korea stays communist. The Soviet Air Force is tested against that of United States. || Relations with China worsen. Loses a large amount of money.
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