Contemporary era · 1950 – 1953
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations led by the United States under the auspices of the United Nations Command (UNC).
- When
- 25 Jun 1950 – 27 Jul 1953
- Where
- Korea Strait
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Cold War1947 – 1991Japan230 BCE – todayNorth Korea612 CE – todaySouth Korea663 CE – todayRussia1223 – today
People
Joseph Stalin1878 – 1953Politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
Mao Zedong1893 – 19761st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
Neil Armstrong1930 – 2012American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890 – 1969President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
Kim Il-sung1912 – 1994Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
Buzz Aldrinb. 1930American astronaut (born 1930).jpg/330px-MacArthur_Manila_(cropped2).jpg)
Douglas MacArthur1880 – 1964United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)_Presidential_Portrait.jpg/330px-Park_Chung_Hee_(%EB%B0%95%EC%A0%95%ED%9D%AC)_Presidential_Portrait.jpg)
Park Chung-hee1917 – 19793rd President of the Republic of Korea
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Korean War, CC BY-SA 4.0