Korean War - Negotiation, Armistice, Conflict

Korean War

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Introduction & Top Questions
Revolution, division, and partisan warfare, 1945–50
Invasion and counterinvasion, 1950–51
- South to Pusan
- North to the Yalu
- Back to the 38th parallel
- To the negotiating table
Talking and fighting, 1951–53
- Battling for position
- Battling over POWs
- Guerrilla warfare
- Air warfare
- Strengthening the ROK
- The final push
- Armistice

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By June 1951 the Korean War had reached another critical point. The Chinese–North Korean armies, despite having suffered some 500,000 casualties since November, had grown to 1,200,000 soldiers. United Nations Command had taken its share of casualties—more than 100,000 since the Chinese intervention—but by May 1951 U.S. ground troops numbered 256,000, the ROKA 500,000, and other allied contingents 28,000. The U.S. FEAF had grown from fewer than 700 aircraft in July 1950 to more than 1,400 in February 1951. These developments obliged the leaders of both coalitions to consider that peace could not be imposed by either side through military ...(100 of 6820 words)

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