Korean War

Summary: An important war that happened in the cold war. It is the conflict between two sides of Korea (South Korea as capitalist and North Korea as Communist). Even though the Armistice was signed in 1953, the Korean war is still occurring till now. Neither sides win.

Countries involved: Republic of Korea (South Korea) and United Nation Against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), People's Republic of China and Soviet Russia.

Important of War:

The war could have gone either side. This is the only war that result in a draw.

Details:

Like the Vietnam war, Korea was under occupation by countries like Japan.

Soviet liberate North Korea while America Liberate South Korea. UN decided to split Korea because of this.

The two sides kept attacking after that got counter-attacked until the war end, both countries changed little.

Thus, the Korean war was rather useless.

Causalities:

South Korea side:

Republic of Korea

137,899 dead

450,742 wounded

24,495 MIA

8,343 POW

United States

36,940 dead

92,134 wounded

3,737 MIA

4,439 POW

United Kingdom

1,078 dead

2,674 wounded

179 MIA

977 POW

Turkey

741 dead

2,068 wounded

163 MIA

244 POW

Australia

339 dead

1,216 wounded

3 MIA

26 POW

Canada

312 dead

1,212 wounded

1 MIA

32 POW

France

262 dead

1,008 wounded

7 MIA

12 POW

Kingdom of Greece

192 dead

543 wounded

3 POW

Colombia

163 dead

448 wounded

28 POW

Thailand[3]

129 dead

1,139 wounded

5 MIA

Ethiopian Empire

121 dead

536 wounded

Netherlands[3]

120 dead

645 wounded

Philippines

112 dead

229 wounded

16 MIA

41 POW

Belgium

99 dead

336 Wounded

4 MIA

1 POW

Union of South Africa

34 dead

9 POW

New Zealand

23 dead

79 wounded

1 MIA

Norway

3 dead

Luxembourg

2 dead

13 wounded

Total: 776,360

178,569 dead

555,022 wounded

28,611 MIA

14,158 POW

North Korea side:

D.P.R. Korea:

215,000 dead

303,000 wounded

120,000 MIA or POW

P.R. China

(Official data):

183,108 dead (including non-combat deaths)

383,218 wounded

25,621 MIA

21,400 POW

(U.S. estimate):

400,000+ dead

486,000 wounded

21,000 POW

Soviet Union:

282 dead

Total: 1,187,682–1,545,822

Civilian:

Total civilians killed/wounded: 2.5 million (est.)

South Korea: 990,968

373,599 killed

229,625 wounded

387,744 abducted/missing

North Korea: 1,550,000 (est.)

Result:

Cease-fire armistice

North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled

UN invasion of North Korea repelled

Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled

Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis

Ace idea:

Abolishing war.

Korean war is a completely avoidable and useless war.

War only got soldiers and civilians killed, useless