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[[Image:Lopez scaling seawall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|United States marines landing at [[Inchon]], 15 September 1950.]]

[[Image:Lopez scaling seawall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|United States marines landing at [[Inchon]], 15 September 1950.]]

The '''Korean War''' was a major conflict on the Korean peninsula lasting from 1950 to 1953, between the communist forces of [[North Korea]], supported by the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]], and the democratic forces of [[South Korea]], supported by a multinational [[United Nations]] force in which the US was largely represented. Because not [[Declaration of war]] was ever ratified by congress the conflict was officially referred to as a police action.

The '''Korean War''' was a major conflict on the Korean peninsula lasting from 1950 to 1953, between the communist forces of [[North Korea]], supported by the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]], and the democratic forces of [[South Korea]], supported by a multinational [[United Nations]] force in which the US was largely represented. Because no [[Declaration of war]] was ever ratified by congress the conflict was officially referred to as a police action.

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