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US firepower:US Army artillerymen manning a 105 mm howitzer, Uirson, Korea, August 1950.

US firepower:US Army artillerymen manning a 105 mm howitzer, Uirson, Korea, August 1950.

An executed US Army POW of the US 21st Infantry Regiment killed July 9th 1950. Picture taken July 10

An executed US Army POW of the US 21st Infantry Regiment killed July 9th 1950. Picture taken July 10...

Anti-armor firepower: US infantrymen comparing the early-model M9 bazooka (right) to the larger M20

Anti-armor firepower: US infantrymen comparing the early-model M9 bazooka (right) to the larger M20 ...

Map of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

Map of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

Hill 105: A PVA soldier killed fighting the 1st Marine Division, Korea, 1951.

Hill 105: A PVA soldier killed fighting the 1st Marine Division, Korea, 1951.

Victims of a massacre with their hands bound in burial area near Waegwan, Korea.

Victims of a massacre with their hands bound in burial area near Waegwan, Korea.

The helicopter came into its military own in the Korean War. A US Navy Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw flyin

The helicopter came into its military own in the Korean War. A US Navy Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw flyin...

The Supreme Commander: Gen. MacArthur, UN Command CiC (seated), observes the naval shelling of Inche

The Supreme Commander: Gen. MacArthur, UN Command CiC (seated), observes the naval shelling of Inche...

Military commanders during Korean War

Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Military Force:Soviet Union
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Mark W. Clark
Mark W. Clark
Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung
Military Force:North Korea
Georgy Malenkov
Georgy Malenkov
Military Force:Soviet Union
Kim Chaek
Kim Chaek
Military Force:North Korea
Robert Menzies
Robert Menzies
Military Force:Australia
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Quirino
Military Force:Philippines
Chung Il-kwon
Chung Il-kwon
Military Force:South Korea

Casualties during Korean War

Combatant ForceType of CasualtiesEstimate
United States of America Military - Dead 36,516
United Kingdom Military - Dead 1,109
Australia Military - Dead 339
Australia Military - Wounded 1,161
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Locations of Korean War

Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula

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Korea
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Books about Korean War

  • Officers in flight suits
    Officers in flight suits
  • Down in the weeds
    Down in the weeds
  • The Korean War
    The Korean War
  • Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 2
    Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 2
  • The Korean War
    The Korean War
TitleAuthorCopyright DateGenre
Officers in flight suits John Darrell Sherwood
Down in the weeds William T. Y'Blood
The Korean War Max Hastings
Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 2 Bruce Cumings
The Korean War Maurice Isserman Children's literature
The Hunters James Salter War novel
Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, Korea, Spring, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War David Halberstam Non-fiction, History
This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History T. R. Fehrenbach Non-fiction
MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero Stanley Weintraub Non-fiction
In the Devil's Shadow: UN Special Operations During the Korean War Michael E. Haas Non-fiction
The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea James Brady Non-fiction, Memoir
The Marines of Autumn: A Novel of the Korean War James Brady Novel
Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950 Martin Russ Non-fiction
M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors H. Richard Hornberger War novel, Comic novel, Comedy, Drama
Sometimes It Was Beautiful PT Armstrong 2012 Memoir
Hot Shots: An Oral History of Air Force Combat Pilots of the Korean War 2000 Anthology, Non-fiction
Conflict Robert Leckie 1983 Speculative fiction
The March to Glory Robert Leckie Fiction
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Where did the Korean War take place?
  • A:
    Korean Peninsula is where the event occurred.
  • Q:
    What was the time line of the Korean War?
  • A:
    The Korean War went from June, 1950 to July, 1953.
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Quotes

  • The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy

    - Omar Bradley
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