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Korean War Facts: Fast Fact Sheet
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
about the Korean War.
When was the Korean War? The Korean War
started on June 25, 1950 and ended on July
27, 1953.
What caused the Korean War?
The war began when North Korea communists
invaded South Korea.
Who was involved in the Korean War?
The Communists from North Korea, China and
the Soviet Union against South Korea, the
United States and 20 United Nations (UN)
countries.
Who won the Korean War? The Korean War
ended in a stalemate with neither side
having a prospect of victory. North Korea
and South Korea remained separate, occupying
almost all of the same territory they had
when the war began
Why is the
Korean War called the "forgotten War?
The Korean War has often been called “the
forgotten war" because it was wedged between
World War 2, America’s biggest war and the
Vietnam War, America’s longest war
Korean War Facts
for kids: Korean War Battles
The names, dates and results of the battles fought
during the Korean War are detailed in a timeline at the end of this
article.
Korean War Facts
for kids
The following fact
sheet contains interesting information, history and
facts on Korean War for kids. The first short facts explain why the
Korean War started.
Korean War
Facts for kids
Korean War
Facts for kids - 1: History: In August
1945, at the end of WW2, the United States and the USSR
disarmed Japanese troops stationed in Korea and made the
decision to dismantle the Japanese colonial system in
Korea by dividing the peninsula into two zones of
occupation.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
2: History: Korea was
divided at the 38th parallel of latitude with American
troops controlling the South and Soviet troops
controlling the north.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 3: History: Attempts to reunify
Korea failed as suspicion and distrust between the two sides
increased and the
Cold
War gained in momentum
Korean War
Facts for kids - 4: History: On
February 15, 1950 the USSR and the People’s Republic of China,
headed by
Mao Zedong,
announced the signing of a treaty agreeing to mutual defense and
assistance. The treaty united the two largest communist
nations in the world.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 5: History: An American backed
government was established in south Korea and a Communist Korean
government was established in north Korea.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 6: History: Both governments
claimed authority over the whole of Korea. The North Koreans quickly
established a large army backed by military aid from the Soviets.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 7: June 25, 1950:
Tensions mounted as border clashes increased and on June
25, 1950 troops from North Korea invaded the south
beginning the Korean War in what is referred to as the
First Battle of Seoul.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 8: June 25, 1950:
The First Battle of Seoul resulted in the capture of the
capital of Koea by North Korean forces
Korean War
Facts for kids - 9: The North Korean
People’s Army (NKPA) numbered approximately 135,000
soldiers. The Republic of Korea Army (ROK) numbered
approximately 98,000 soldiers.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
10: President Harry Truman following the
Containment policy and the
Domino Theory responded to
the Communist invasion by ordering US troops into action
and gaining a pledge from the United Nations (UN) to
give support.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 11: Truman's action was in line with the
US policy of Containment which was designed to restrict
communist expansion by keeping communism within its
present territory by diplomatic, military and economic
actions.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 12: The United States Army and the United Nation forces were led by
General Douglas MacArthur and, later, General Matthew Ridgway. The
North Korean forces were led by Choi-Yong-kun
Korean War
Facts for kids -
13: On July 1, 1950 the first U.S. ground combat troops arrived in Korea
'Task Force Smith' consisting of the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry,
24th Infantry Division.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 14: The US and South Korean troops were driven back
to an area near the port of Pusan but held on to the "Pusan
Perimeter" buying time for General Douglas MacArthur arrange for
reinforcements.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 15: On August 17, 1950 the US announces to the United
Nations (UN) its goal of a unified, anti-Communist Korea.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 16: On September 15,
1950 General MacArthur orders an invasion behind enemy
lines at the port of Incheon The Battle of Incheon was
won and the North Koreans retreated back across the 38th
parallel.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 17: President Truman
authorized General MacArthur to pursue the North Koreans
beyond the 38th parallel and the North Koreans were
pushed back to the Yalu River, the border with China.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 18: October, 1950:
The situation worsens as
China enters the Korean War enabling the communist North
Koreans to regain lost territory.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
19: November 30, 1950:
In press conference, President Truman admits that the US
may be considering using the
Atomic
Bomb
Korean War
Facts for kids -
20: December 15, 1950: President Truman
declared a state of national emergency.
Continued...
Korean War
Facts for kids
The Korean War Facts for kids
The following fact
sheet continues with interesting information, history and facts
on Korean War for kids.
Korean War
Facts for kids
Korean War
Facts for kids - 21: The United States
and the UN forces are forced back across the 38th
parallel by the massive number of Chinese troops to the
fury of General MacArthur.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 22: General Douglas
MacArthur demands approval to extend the war and asks
President Truman to mount a blockade of Chinese ports
and to bomb cities in China with nuclear weapons.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 23: President Truman refused MacArthur's
demands but the General would not give up his demands
and publicly criticized the decisions of the President
to wage a 'limited' war on Korea. It was an open
conflict between the President and the military.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
24: April 4, 1951:
Congress endorses
NATO, and sends General Dwight D.
Eisenhower to head the unified NATO command.
Korean War
Facts for kids - 25: April 5, 1951:
President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur for
insubordination and replaced him with General Matthew Ridgway.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
26: May 18, 1951: UN nations began
military goods boycott of the People Republic of China.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
27: July 8, 1951: Peace talks begin at
Kaesong but an armistice would not be signed until 1953.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
28: The battles in
Korea continued but by the summer of 1951 the North
Korean and Chinese forces had been pushed back the North
Korean and Chinese forces back across the 38th Parallel.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
29: On March 29, 1952
President Truman announces he will not run for
re-election and on April 11, 1952 Truman relieves
Eisenhower of command so he can run for President.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
30: November 4, 1952: Dwight D.
Eisenhower wins the Presidential election in a landslide
victory.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
31: November 29, 1952: Eisenhower goes to
Korea on a secret fact-finding mission
Korean War
Facts for kids -
32: The war went on as
border clashes until 1953 when America's new president,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, and stated that he would use any
force necessary (including the use of nuclear weapons)
to bring the Korean War to an end unless peace
negotiations began to move forward.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
33: Eisenhower's use
of brinkmanship (the threat to go to the brink of
nuclear war) worked and on July 27, 1953 an
armistice was signed at Panmunjom and
the 38th parallel was reset as boundary between
communist North and anti-communist South.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
34:
United States and UN casualties and losses totaled
178,426 dead, 32,925 missing and 566,434 wounded
fighting for South Korea.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
35: Soviet, Chinese and North Korean casualties and losses
totaled 367,283 dead, estimated at 700,000 missing and wounded
fighting for North Korea.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
36:
North and South Korea now remained separated by a
“demilitarized zone” (DMZ), occupying
nearly all of the same territory they had when the
Korean War began.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
37: The Korean War did not end in
victory, it was ended by the threat of nuclear war
(brinkmanship), but it did stop the spread of communism
in Korea and the United States achieved the goal of
Containment.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
38: American troops, United States Forces
Korea (USFK), have been based in Korea ever since the
Korean War, helping South Korea defend its border.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
39: The Cold War had expanded from Europe
into Asia and the US signed defense agreements with
South Korea, Japan, the Phillipines, Taiwan and
Australia.
Korean War
Facts for kids -
40: The United States also began to send
aid to the French forces fighting the Communist
guerillas in Vietnam. The Korean War ended on July 27,
1953 but the
Vietnam
War would soon begin on November 1,
1955...
Korean War
Facts for kids
Korean War
Timeline of Battles for kids
The main events of the Cold War can be seen in the
short, bitesize Korean War Timeline of battles. The Korean War
timeline is not a comprehensive list of all
skirmishes and conflicts but we have tried to
include as many military battles, events and actions
as possible.
Korean
War Timeline of Battles - Names, Dates and Results
Korean War
Timeline Battles: June 25,
1950 - First Battle of Seoul - North Koreans capture
Seoul
Korean War
Timeline Battles: July 6,
1950 - Battle of Osan - North Korean victory
in Osan, South Korea
Korean War
Timeline Battles: July 6,
1950 - Battle of Pyongtaek - North Korean victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Aug 4 -
Sept 18, 1950 - Battle of Pusan
Perimeter - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: August 8
- 18, 1950 - 1st Battle of Naktong
Bulge - North Koreans
repelled at the Pusan Perimeter
Korean War
Timeline Battles: August
15 - 20, 1950 - Battle of the Bowling
Alley - US victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Sept 1 -
12, 1950 - 2nd Battle of Naktong
Bulge - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Sept 10
- 19 , 1950 - Battle of Incheon - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Sept 22
- 25, 1950 - Second Battle of
Seoul - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 21–22
October 1950 - Battle of the Apple Orchard - United Nations victory (aka Battle of
Yongju)
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 5
November 1950 - Battle of Pakchon - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 27 Nov -
13 Dec 1950 - Battle of Chosin
Reservoir - Chinese victory but
sustained heavy losses
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Dec 31,
1950 - Jan 7, 1951 - Third Battle of Seoul - Chinese tactical
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Jan 25 –
Feb 20, 1951 - Operation Thunderbolt - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: February
1, 1951 - Battle of the Twin Tunnels - United Nations victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Feb 13 -
15, 1951 - Battle of Chipyong-ni - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Feb 20 –
Mar 6, 1951 - Operation Killer - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Mar 7 -
April 4, 1951 - Operation Ripper - United Nations
victory in Fourth Battle of Seoul
Korean War
Timeline Battles: March 23
- 28, 1951 - Operation Courageous - American and South
Korean victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 23 March 1951
- Operation
Tomahawk - United
Nations victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: April 1-22, 1951
- Operation
Rugged - UN
Advance to the 38th ParalleL
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 22 - 25
April 1951 - Battle of Kapyong - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 22 - 25
April 1951 - Battle of the Imjin
River - Indecisive battle
between UN and Chinese
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Aug 18 -
Sept 5, 1951 - Battle of Bloody
Ridge - UN victory over North
Korean and Chinese
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Sept 13
- Oct 15, 1951 - Battle of Heartbreak
Ridge - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 2–5
October 1951 - Operation Commando - United Nations victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 3–8
October 1951 - Battle of Maryang San - United Nations victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: March 21
- July 18, 1952 - Battle of Hill Eerie - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: October
6 - 15, 1952 - Battle of White Horse - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: Jun 26,
1952 - Mar 26, 1953 - Battle of Old Baldy - UN victory 1952 -
Chinese victory in 1953
Korean War
Timeline Battles: March –
July 1953 - Battle on Pork Chop
Hill - UN victory in April -
Chinese victory in July
Korean War
Timeline Battles: May 28 -
29, 1953 - Battle of the Hook - United Nations
victory
Korean War
Timeline Battles: June
10–18, 1953 - Outpost Harry - United Nations victory near the Iron
Triangle
Korean War
Timeline Battles: 24–26
July 1953 - Battle of the Samichon River - United Nations victory
Korean
War Timeline of Battles - Names, Dates and Results
Korean War - President Harry Truman Video
The article on the
Korean War provides detailed facts and a summary of one of the important events during his presidential term in office. The following
Harry Truman video will
give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the 33rd American President whose presidency spanned from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953.
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