The Korean War was an armed conflict fought from 1950 to 1953 on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea 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 United Nations Command.
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Event DateInfobox gives the war's date span as 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953; this row records the start date. Death Toll, Low EstimateFigure is the civilian death toll estimate only; military deaths are separately estimated at around one million and are not included in this figure. Connections
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Infobox, Date field
25 June 1950 - 27 July 1953
Infobox, Location field
Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China-North Korea border
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The conflict caused around one million military deaths and an estimated 1.5 million to 3 million civilian deaths.
Korean War: Event Type
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.
Participant: Mao Zedong, Origins
According to Barbara Barnouin and Yu Changgeng, Mao agreed to support Kim despite concerns of American intervention
In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
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.
In Group: Events of the Early Cold War and Decolonization, 1945 to 1969, Lead
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.
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