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Korean War
(韓國戰爭)
(朝鮮戰爭)
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Pairt o the
Cauld War
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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
.
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Belligerents
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Anti-communist
forces:
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Communist
forces:
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Commanders an leaders
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Strenth
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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
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Tot: 1,642,600
Note: The figures vary bi soorce; peak unit strength varied durin war.
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Casualties an losses
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Tot: 178,426 deid an 32,925 missin
Tot woondit: 566,434
Details
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Sooth Korea
:
[11]
137,899 deid
450,742 woondit
24,495 MIA
8,343 POW
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Unitit States
:
36,574 deid
[15]
103,284 woondit
[15]
7,926 MIA
[16]
4,714 POW
[17]
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Unitit Kinrick
:
1,109 deid
[18]
2,674 woondit
[18]
179 MIA
[11]
977 POW
[11]
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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]
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Fraunce
:
[11]
262 deid
1,008 woondit
7 MIA
12 POW
- Kinrick o Greece
[11]
192 deid
543 woondit
3 POW
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Colombie
:
[11]
163 deid
448 woondit
28 POW
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Thailand
:
[11]
129 deid
1,139 woondit
5 MIA
- Ethiopian Empire
[11]
121 deid
536 woondit
- Netherlands
:
[11]
120 deid
645 woondit
3 MIA
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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
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New Zealand
:
[23]
34 deid
299 woondit
1 MIA/POW
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Norawa
:
[11]
3 deid
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Luxembourg
:
[11]
2 deid
13 woondit
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Indie
:
[24]
1 deid
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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]
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- 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]
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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
- ↑
As per airmistice agreement of 1953, the opponin sides haed tae "insure a complete cessation o hostilities an o aw acts o airmed force in Korea till a final peacefu settlement is achieved".
[30]
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Laura Desfor Edles (28 Mey 1998).
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"Romania's "Fraternal Support" to North Korea during the Korean War, 1950-1953"
. Wilson Centre
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2013
.
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The Korean War, Volume 3
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ISBN
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. Retrieved
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2013
.
Total Strength 602,902 troops
- ↑
Tim Kane
(27 October 2004).
"Global U.S. Troop Deployment, 1950-2003"
.
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.
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. Retrieved
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2013
.
Ashley Rowland (22 October 2008).
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.
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. Retrieved
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2013
.
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"U.S. Troops Stationed in South Korea, Anachronistic?"
.
United States Army War College
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2013
.
Louis H. Zanardi; Barbara A. Schmitt; Peter Konjevich; M. Elizabeth Guran; Susan E. Cohen; Judith A. McCloskey (August 1991).
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(PDF)
.
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.
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. Retrieved
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2013
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b
c
d
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k
USFK Public Affairs Office.
"United Nations Command"
.
United States Forces Korea
. United States Department of Defense. Archived frae
the original
on 25 Mairch 2015
. Retrieved
17 Februar
2013
.
Republic of Korea -- 590,911
Colombia -- 1,068
United States -- 302,483
Belgium -- 900
United Kingdom -- 14,198
South Africa -- 826
Canada -- 6,146
The Netherlands -- 819
Turkey -- 5,453
Luxembourg -- 44
Australia -- 2,282
Philippines -- 1,496
New Zealand -- 1,385
Thailand -- 1,204
Ethiopia -- 1,271
Greece -- 1,263
France -- 1,119
- ↑
Rottman, Gordon L. (2002).
Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950-1953
. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 126.
ISBN
9780275978358
. Retrieved
16 Februar
2013
.
A peak strength of 14,198 British troops was reached in 1952, with over 40 total serving in Korea.
"UK-Korea Relations"
.
British Embassy Pyongyang
.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
. 9 Februar 2012
. Retrieved
16 Februar
2013
.
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
[
deid airtin
]
Jack D. Walker.
"A Brief Account of the Korean War"
.
Information
. Korean War Veterans Association
. Retrieved
17 Februar
2013
.
Other countries to furnish combat units, with their peak strength, were: Australia (2,282), Belgium/Luxembourg (944), Canada (6,146), Colombia (1,068), Ethiopia (1,271), France (1,119), Greece (1,263), Netherlands (819), New Zealand (1,389), Philippines (1,496), Republic of South Africa (826), Thailand (1,294), Turkey (5,455), and the United Kingdom (Great Britain 14,198).
- ↑
"Land of the Morning Calm: Canadians in Korea 1950 - 1953"
.
Veterans Affairs Canada
. Government of Canada. 7 Januar 2013. Archived frae
the original
on 23 Mairch 2013
. Retrieved
22 Februar
2013
.
Peak Canadian Army strength in Korea was 8,123 all ranks.
- ↑
a
b
c
Edwards, Paul M. (2006).
Korean War Almanac
. Almanacs of American wars.
Infobase Publishing
. p. 517.
ISBN
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. Retrieved
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2013
.
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(in Korean). Ministry of National Defense of Republic of Korea.
Archived
frae the original on 20 Januar 2013
. Retrieved
14 Februar
2007
.
- ↑
Zhang 1995
, p. 257.
- ↑
Shrader, Charles R. (1995).
Communist Logistics in the Korean War
. Issue 160 of Contributions in Military Studies. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 90.
ISBN
9780313295096
. Retrieved
17 Februar
2013
.
NKPA strength peaked in October 1952 at 266,600 men in eighteen divisions and six independent brigades.
- ↑
Kolb, Richard K. (1999).
"In Korea we whipped the Russian Air Force"
.
VFW Magazine
.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
.
86
(11). Archived frae
the original
on 10 Mey 2013
. Retrieved
17 Februar
2013
.
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.
- ↑
a
b
"U.S. Military Casualties - Korean War Casualty Summary"
.
Defense Casualty Analysis System
. United States Department of Defense. 5 Februar 2013. Archived frae
the original
on 11 December 2015
. Retrieved
6 Februar
2013
.
- ↑
"Summary Statistics"
.
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
. United States Department of Defense. 24 Januar 2013. Archived frae
the original
on 31 Januar 2015
. Retrieved
6 Februar
2013
.
- ↑
"Records of American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, created, 1950 - 1953, documenting the period 1950 - 1953"
.
Access to Archival Databases
.
National Archives and Records Administration
. Retrieved
6 Februar
2013
.
This series has records for 4,714 U.S. military officers and soldiers who were prisoners of war (POWs) during the Korean War and therefore considered casualties.
- ↑
a
b
Office of the Defence Attache (30 September 2010).
"Korean war"
.
British Embassy Seoul
.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
. Archived frae
the original
on 9 Apryle 2012
. Retrieved
16 Februar
2013
.
- ↑
Australian War Memorial Korea MIA
Retrieved 17 March 2012
- ↑
"Korean War WebQuest"
.
Veterans Affairs Canada
. Government of Canada. 11 October 2011. Archived frae
the original
on 30 Januar 2013
. Retrieved
28 Mey
2013
.
In Brampton, Ontario, there is a 60 metre long "Memorial Wall" of polished granite, containing individual bronze plaques which commemorate the 516 Canadian soldiers who died during the Korean War.
"Canada Remembers the Korean War"
.
Veterans Affairs Canada
. Government of Canada. 1 Mairch 2013. Archived frae
the original
on 26 December 2012
. Retrieved
27 Mey
2013
.
The names of 516 Canadians who died in service during the conflict are inscribed in the Korean War Book of Remembrance located in the Peace Tower in Ottawa.
- ↑
Aiysha Abdullah; Kirk Fachnie (6 December 2010).
"Korean War veterans talk of "forgotten war
"
"
.
Canadian Army
. Government of Canada. Archived frae
the original
on 23 Mey 2013
. Retrieved
28 Mey
2013
.
Canada lost 516 military personnel during the Korean War and 1,042 more were wounded.
"Canadians in the Korean War"
.
kvacanada.com
. Korean Veterans Association of Canada Inc. Archived frae
the original
on 19 Januar 2020
. Retrieved
28 Mey
2013
.
Canada's casualties totalled 1,558 including 516 who died.
"2013 declared year of Korean war veteran"
.
MSN News
. The Canadian Press. 8 Januar 013. Archived frae
the original
on 2 November 2013
. Retrieved
28 Mey
2013
.
The 1,558 Canadian casualties in the three-year conflict included 516 people who died.
- ↑
Ted Barris (1 Julie 2003).
"Canadians in Korea"
.
legionmagazine.com
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. Retrieved
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2013
.
Not one of the 33 Canadian PoWs imprisoned in North Korea signed the petitions.
"Behind barbed wire"
.
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2013
.
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.
Philippines: KIA 92; WIA 299; MIA/POW 97
New Zealand: KIA 34; WIA 299; MIA/POW 1
- ↑
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'
"
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.
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.
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