The
Korean War (25 June 1950 – armistice signed 27 July 1953) was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean peninsula was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. Following the surrender of Japan in 1945, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th Parallel, with United States troops occupying the southern part and Soviet troops occupying the northern part. [
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A US howitzer position near the Kum River, 15 July |
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Korean civilians pass an M-46 tank |
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A GI comforts a grieving infantryman |
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The U.S. Air Force attacking railroads south of Wonsan on the eastern coast of North Korea |
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General Douglas MacArthur, UN Command CiC (seated), observes the naval shelling of Incheon from the USS Mt. McKinley, 15 September 1950 |
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Combat in the streets of Seoul |
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Chinese forces cross the Yalu River |
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Soldiers from the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division in action near the Ch'ongch'on River, 20 November 1950 |
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B-26 Invaders bomb logistics depots in Wonsan, North Korea, 1951 |
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American flame thrower units advancing toward a tunnel entrance |
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ROK soldiers dump spent artillery casings |
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Supporting the 8th ROK Army Division, a Sherman tank fires its 76 mm gun at KPA bunkers at "Napalm Ridge", Korea, 11 May 1952 |
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MiG Alley: A MiG-15 shot down by an F-86 Sabre |
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The KPAF shot down some 16 B-29 Superfortress bombers in the war |
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A US Navy Sikorsky HO4S flying near the USS Sicily |
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To disrupt North Korean communications, the USS Missouri fires a salvo from its 16-inch guns at shore targets near Chongjin, North Korea, 21 October 1950 |
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Atom bomb test, 1951. This was the Operation Buster-Jangle Dog shot, on 1 November |
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ROK soldiers walk among the bodies of political prisoners executed near Daejon, July 1950 |
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Two Hill 303 survivors after being rescued by American units, 17 August 1950 |
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An executed U.S. Army POW of the U.S. 21st Infantry Regiment killed 9 July 1950. Picture taken 10 July 1950 |
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National Defense Corps soldiers in January, 1951 |