POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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About 5 million people died, mostly civilians.
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About 40, 000 U.S. soldiers died and 100, 000 were wounded.
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North Korea lost 406, 000 soldiers and China lost 600, 000 soldiers.
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The United States spent $67 billion on the war.
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The official peace treaty to end the Korean War was signed in 1952.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Annual U.S. military expenditure more than doubled over the course of the Korean war, from less than 15 billion U.S. dollars to over 50 billion.
Detailed explanation-2: -On June 27, 1950, the United States officially entered the Korean War. The U.S. supported the Republic of Korea (commonly called South Korea), in repelling an invasion from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly called North Korea). The Korean War was a conflict that emerged after World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1950, a North Korean invasion began the Korean War, which saw extensive U.S.-led U.N. intervention in support of the South, while the North received support from China and from the Soviet Union. Some 1, 780, 000 Americans served in the war, with 36, 574 killed, 103, 284 wounded, and 4, 714 taken as prisoners of war.
Detailed explanation-4: -This was the first hot war of the Cold War, and in it the United States demonstrated its continued commitment to containment (the idea that the US would ultimately defeat communism by containing its spread).