Korean_War

Korean War Korean War About a half a century ago, a war erupted in Korea on June 25, 1950, along the 38th parallel that separated North and South Korea. The communist-ruled North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations called this invasion a violation of international peace. The Korean War was the first war in which a world organization, such as the United Nations, played a major military role. The United States provided about ninety percent of the troops, military equipment, and supplies that were sent to South Korea. The Soviet Union gave military equipment to the North Koreans and China, which fought on the side of the North Koreans. The Korean War was one of the bloodiest wars in history. Over a million South Korean people were killed and several million were left homeless. More than one and a half million communist troops were killed, wounded or reported missing. When North Korea invaded South Korea the North Korean army had about one hundred and thirty five thousand soldiers. North Korea had tanks, airplanes, and artillery. South Korea had only ninety-five thousand soldiers and very few planes. In South Korea they did not have any tanks. After the UN forces (90% from America) korea, south, war, north, million, korean, military, koreans, united, troops, over, about, thousand, soldiers, one, union, tanks, soviet, southeast, pusan, planes, nations, killed, hundred, half, first, china, casualties, called, both, battles, armistice, allied, wounded