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Korean War |
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Place: |
Korean Peninsula, eastern China, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, Yellow Sea, Formosa Strait, South China Sea
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Outcome: |
LoN/Allied victory
- Unification of the Korean peninsula under the RoK
- UN Invasion of North Korea a success
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Combatants |
League of Nations Command
South Korea
United States
United Kingdom
Taiwan (RoC)
Australasia
Belgium
Canada
France
Colombia
Ethiopia
Greece
Luxembourg
Netherlands
South Africa
Siam
Turkey
Philippines
India
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North Korea
China (PRC)
Soviet Union
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Commanders |
Syngman Rhee
Douglas MacArthur (Commander of the LoNC)
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Omar Bradley (Commander of the LoNC)
Clement Attlee
Chiang Kai-shek
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Kim Il-sung
Mao Zedong
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
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Strength |
1,600,000
1,500,000
120,000
100,000
60,000
10,500
9,500
5,500
4,250
2,800
2,100
1,690
1,200
7,460
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4,000,000
600,000
100,000
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Casualties and Losses |
- Total: 317,000 dead and 55,000 missing
- Total Captured: 28,000 captured
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- Total: 850,000 dead and 160,000 missing
- Total Captured: 2,100,000 captured
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