- The Korean War was the first armed conflict between the West, led by the U.S. and UN support, and the communist bloc in Asia, led by the new Popular Republic of China and supported by the Soviet Union under Stalin.The cost in lives for the United States was almost as high as that suffer years later in Vietnam. China accounted for almost half a million casualties.Officially the contenders were the Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). War broke out in June 1950, when North Korea, with Soviet support, invaded South Korea by surprise.
A New, Highly Detailed Image of North Korea's (Lack of) Electrical InfrastructureNASA Pyongyang has a probable population of more than 3 million people, but you wouldn't know it looking down on the city from space. Onl...- America's first Cold War conflict began boldly but ended in an unsatisfying stalemate that cost 54,000 U.S. lives over three long years.
The War in KoreaThe Korean War began in June 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations (UN) Security Council resolved to defend So...- The troops of Kim Il Sung, who had agreed in 1948 to the presidency of North Korea with the support of Stalin, came to occupy almost all of the peninsula and then, after the entry into action of American forces, back up above the 38th parallel.The war ended in July 1953, with the signing of an armistice which established the division of the Korean peninsula into two halves, separated by a demilitarized zone of 4 kms. wide around the 38th parallel.
- Korea was occupied by the Imperial Army of Japan since 1910. The division of Korea had already been established in the same 38th parallel at the end of World War II, under an agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States. So, the three years of war virtually no avail, except for cause a level of destruction and loss of life never seen in the region until the famous Vietnam War.United States has not returned to win a war in Asia since 1945. Korean War ended in a draw for official history. But allowed the South Korean government to maintain its system of parliamentary democracy and keep in touch with the rest of the world.
China, the forgotten signatory of the Korean War armistice - http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/03/14/china-the-forgotten-signatory-of-the-korean-war-armistice …e.com/2013/03/14/china-the-forgotten-signatory-of-the-korean-war-armistice- USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
Crewmen use flight deck tractors with power brooms to sweep snow from the carrier's flight deck, during operations off Korea, circa early 1951.
Photo is dated 8 May 1951, but Valley Forge ended her second Korean War deployment in late March of that year.
Plane parked in the foreground is a F4U-4 "Corsair" fighter. Those on the forward flight deck are an AD "Skyraider" attack plane and a HO3S helicopter.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.
Reproductions may be available through the National Archives - Korean War Minesweeping
Crewman operates a winch on board USS Mockingbird (AMS-27) during mine clearance operations off Wonsan, North Korea. The ship's name is seen on a lifering mounted on the bulwark in the lower right. Original photo is dated 14 November 1950.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.
Reproductions may be available through the National Archives - Opening of Wonsan, October 1950
Republic of Korea minesweeper YMS-516 is blown up by a magnetic mine, during sweeping operations west of Kalma Pando, Wonsan harbor, on 18 October 1950.
This ship was originally the U.S. Navy's YMS-148, which had served in the British Navy in 1943-46.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.
Reproductions may be available through the National Archives - Inchon Operation, September 1950
A Chaplain reads the Last Rites service as Lieutenant (Junior Grade) David H. Swenson is buried at sea from USS Toledo (CA-133), off Inchon, Korea. He had been killed by North Korean artillery while his ship, USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) was bombarding enemy positions on Wolmi-do island, Inchon, on 13 September 1950.
Lyman K. Swenson is in the background, with her crew at quarters on deck.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, NHHC Collection - Inchon Invasion, September 1950
First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, USMC, leads the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, as the second assault wave lands, 15 September 1950. Wooden scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore.
Lt. Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes, while assaulting a North Korean bunker.
Note M-1 Carbine carried by Lt. Lopez, M-1 Rifles of other Marines and details of the Marines' field gear.
U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, NHHC Collection. - Inchon Invasion, September 1950
An LST slips into Inchon harbor in the early hours of 15 September 1950, just prior to the landings there.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.
Reproductions may be available through the National Archives - USS Toledo (CA-133)
Eight-inch shells and powder charges on a barge alongside the starboard quarter, as Toledo replenished her ammunition supply in Sasebo Harbor, Japan, after combat operations off Korea, circa July-October 1950. Crewmen are carrying the powder cans into position to be hoisted aboard the cruiser.
This photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 October 1950.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, NHHC Collection
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