Korean War (The Buck Stops Here)

{{Infobox military conflict }} ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=6|day1=25|year1=1950|month2=3|day2=17|year2=1953}}) {{Collapsible list }} {{Collapsible list }} {{Collapsible list }} }} {{Collapsible list }} }} }} }} }} {{Cite news |last=Ashley Rowland |date=22 October 2008 |title=U.S. to keep troop levels the same in South Korea |work=Stars and Stripes |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/u-s-to-keep-troop-levels-the-same-in-south-korea-1.84294 |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512203739/http://www.stripes.com/news/u-s-to-keep-troop-levels-the-same-in-south-korea-1.84294 |archive-date=12 May 2013}} {{Cite web |last=Colonel Tommy R. Mize, United States Army |date=12 March 2012 |title=U.S. Troops Stationed in South Korea, Anachronistic? |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA562829.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408133136/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA562829 |archive-date=8 April 2013 |access-date=16 February 2013 |website=United States Army War College |publisher=Defense Technical Information Center}} {{Cite web |last1=Louis H. Zanardi |last2=Barbara A. Schmitt |last3=Peter Konjevich |last4=M. Elizabeth Guran |last5=Susan E. Cohen |last6=Judith A. McCloskey |date=August 1991 |title=Military Presence: U.S. Personnel in the Pacific Theater |url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/150991.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615234749/http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/150991.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2013 |access-date=15 February 2013 |website=Reports to Congressional Requesters |publisher=United States General Accounting Office}} }} Together: 972,334
 * conflict         = Korean War
 * partof           = the Cold War and the Korean conflict
 * image            = Korean War Montage 2.png
 * image_size       = 300px
 * caption          = Clockwise from top:{{Flatlist|
 * A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir
 * UN landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Incheon
 * Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M46 Patton tank
 * U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon
 * F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft
 * date             = {{Ubl|25 June 1950 – 17 March 1953
 * place            = Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–Korea border
 * territory        = North Korea dissolved
 * Republic of Korea unites the Korean Peninsula
 * result           = Inconclusive, military stalemate
 * North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
 * US-led United Nations invasion of North Korea successful
 * Chinese and North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
 * Korean Armistice Agreement signed in 1953
 * combatant1       = {{Flag|First Republic of Korea|name=South Korea|1949|size=23px}}
 * combatant1a      = {{Plainlist |
 * {{Flagicon|United Nations|size=23px}} United Nations{{Refn | name = nbUNforces | group = lower-alpha | On 9 July 1951 troop constituents were: US: 70.4%, ROK: 23.3% other UNC: 6.3% }}
 * {{Flag|United States|1912|size=23px}}}}
 * title = Combat support:
 * {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
 * {{Flag|Canada|1921|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Turkey|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Australia|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Third Philippine Republic|1936|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagicon|Thailand|1917|size=23px}} Thailand
 * {{Flagcountry|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|state|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|French Fourth Republic|name=France|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Colombia|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Belgium|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Union of South Africa|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Luxembourg|size=23px}}
 * title= Medical support:
 * {{Flag|Italy|1946}}{{Refn | name = ItalyRedCross| group = lower-alpha |Italy was not part of the United Nations until 1955, but sent Italian Red Cross Field Hospital 68 from 1951 }}
 * {{Flag|West Germany|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|India|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Norway|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Sweden|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Denmark|size=23px}}
 * title = Other support:
 * {{Flagcountry|Israel|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|Taiwan}}
 * {{Flag|Japan|1947}}
 * {{Flagicon|Pakistan|size=23px}} Pakistan
 * {{Flag|Uruguay|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Republic of Cuba (1902–59)|size=23px}}
 * {{Flag|El Salvador|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Francoist Spain|size=23px}}
 * combatant2       = {{Flag|North Korea|1948|size=23px}}
 * combatant2a      = {{Plainlist |
 * {{Flag|China|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}}
 * title = Supported by:
 * {{Flagcountry|People's Republic of Albania|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|People's Republic of Bulgaria|1948|size=23px}}
 * {{Nowrap|{{Flagcountry|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|size=23px}} }}
 * {{Flagcountry|East Germany|1949|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Hungarian People's Republic|1949}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Mongolian People's Republic}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Polish People's Republic|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Socialist Republic of Romania|1948|size=23px}}
 * commander1       = {{Plainlist |
 * {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} Rhee Syng-man
 * {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} Chung Il-kwon
 * {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} Paik Sun-yup
 * {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} Lee Hyung-geun
 * {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1949|size=23px}} Shin Sung-mo
 * commander1a      = {{Plainlist |
 * {{Flagicon|United Nations|size=23px}} Trygve Lie
 * {{Flagicon|United Nations|size=23px}} Dag Hammarskjöld
 * {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} Harry S. Truman
 * {{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} Dwight D. Eisenhower}}
 * {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} George C. Marshall
 * {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} Robert A. Lovett
 * {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} Douglas MacArthur
 * {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} Matthew Ridgway
 * {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} Mark W. Clark
 * {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|size=23px}} Clement Attlee
 * {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|size=23px}} Winston Churchill
 * commander2       = {{Plainlist |
 * {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} Kim Il-sung
 * {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} Kim Tu-bong
 * {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} Pak Hon-yong
 * {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} Choe Yong-gon
 * {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} Kim Chaek{{KIA}}
 * commander2a      = {{Plainlist |
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Mao Zedong
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Zhou Enlai
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Peng Dehuai
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Chen Geng
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Deng Hua
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Hong Xuezhi
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Song Shilun
 * {{Flagicon|China|size=23px}} Han Xianchu
 * {{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} Joseph Stalin
 * {{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} Pavel Zhigarev
 * strength1        = {{Plainlist | Peak strength:
 * {{Flagicon|First Republic of Korea|1948|size=23px}} 602,902
 * {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} 326,863 {{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Kane |date=27 October 2004 |title=Global U.S. Troop Deployment, 1950–2003 |url=http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2004/10/global-us-troop-deployment-1950-2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128071747/http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2004/10/global-us-troop-deployment-1950-2003 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |access-date=15 February 2013 |website=Reports |publisher=The Heritage Foundation}}
 * {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|1801|size=23px}} 14,198
 * {{Flagicon|Canada|1921|size=23px}} 8,123
 * {{Flagicon|Turkey|size=23px}} 5,453
 * {{Flagicon|Australia|size=23px}} 2,282
 * {{Flagicon|Third Philippine Republic|1936|size=23px}} 1,496
 * {{Flagicon|New Zealand|size=23px}} 1,385
 * {{Flagicon|Thailand|size=23px}} 1,290
 * {{Flagicon|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}} 1,271
 * {{Flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|state|size=23px}} 1,263
 * {{Flagicon|French Fourth Republic|size=23px}} 1,185
 * {{Flagicon|Colombia|size=23px}} 5,400
 * {{Flagicon|Belgium|size=23px}} 900
 * {{Flagicon|Union of South Africa|size=23px}} 826
 * {{Flagicon|Netherlands|size=23px}} 819
 * {{Flagicon|India|size=23px}} 346
 * {{Flagicon|Sweden|size=23px}} 170
 * {{Flagicon|Japan|1947|size=23px}} 120
 * {{Flagicon|Norway|size=23px}} 105
 * {{Flagicon|Denmark|size=23px}} 100
 * {{Flagicon|Italy|size=23px}} 72
 * {{Flagicon|Luxembourg|size=23px}} 44

Total: {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=23px}} 1,780,000 }} Together: 1,742,000 Total: {{Flagicon|China|1949|size=23px}} 2,970,000 {{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} 72,000 Total wounded: 566,434 {{Collapsible list 137,899 dead 450,742 wounded 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW 36,574 dead{{Refn | name = USMIA | group = lower-alpha | The remains of 8,075 US servicemen were not recovered, of which 7,586 continue to be listed as missing. }} 103,284 wounded 4,714 POW 1,109 dead 2,674 wounded 179 MIA 977 POW 741 dead 2,068 wounded 163 MIA 244 POW 516 dead 1,042 wounded 1 MIA 33 POW 339 dead 1,216 wounded 43 MIA 26 POW 262 dead 1,008 wounded 7 MIA 12 POW 192 dead 543 wounded 3 POW 163 dead 448 wounded 28 POW 129 dead 1,139 wounded 5 MIA{{Clarify|reason=Conflicts with data on Royal Thai Armed Forces article|date=December 2021}} 121 dead 536 wounded 122 dead 645 wounded 3 MIA 101 dead 478 wounded 5 MIA 1 POW 92 dead 299 wounded 97 MIA/POW 79 dead 34 dead 9 POW 34 dead 299 wounded 1 MIA/POW 3 dead 2 dead 13 wounded 1 dead }} Total wounded: 686,500 {{Collapsible list 215,000–406,000 dead 303,000 wounded 120,000 MIA or POW Chinese sources: 197,653 dead 383,500 wounded 450,000 hospitalized 25,621 missing (Those who defected or were captured were included in missing) 21,374 captured 14,190 defected U.S. estimates: 400,000+ dead 486,000 wounded 299 dead 335 planes lost }} 990,968 total casualties 1,550,000 total casualties (est.) }} }}
 * strength2        = {{Plainlist | Peak strength:
 * {{Flagicon|China|1949|size=23px}} 1,450,000
 * {{Flagicon|North Korea|1948|size=23px}} 266,600
 * {{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}} 26,000
 * casualties1      = Total dead and missing: 170,927 dead and 32,585 missing{{Efn|162,394 South Koreans, 36,574 Americans, 4,544 others}}
 * bullets = yes
 * title = Details
 * {{Flagcountry|First Republic of South Korea|1948|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|United States|1912|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|United Kingdom|1801}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Turkey|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Canada|1921|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Australia|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|French Fourth Republic|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|state|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Colombia|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Thailand|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}}
 * {{Flagcountry|Netherlands|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Belgium|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Third Philippine Republic|1936|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Japan|1947}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Union of South Africa|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|New Zealand|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Norway|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Luxembourg|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|India|size=23px}}:
 * casualties2      = Total dead and missing: 398,000–926,000 dead and 145,000+ missing{{Efn|335,000–526,000 North Koreans, 208,729–400,000 Chinese, 299 Soviet}}
 * bullets = yes
 * title = Details
 * {{Flagcountry|North Korea|1948|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|China|1949|size=23px}}:
 * {{Flagcountry|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}}:
 * casualties3      = {{Plainlist |
 * Total civilian deaths: 2–3 million (est.)
 * South Koreans:
 * North Koreans:
 * notes            =
 * campaignbox      = {{Campaignbox Korean War}}