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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 anti-Communist 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.  A far bloodier conflict than the [[Vietnam War]] (which killed 1.5 million Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians over the course of 15 years), the fighting resulted in the deaths of an estimated 2.5 million Koreans and Chinese in 3 years.<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP10.HTM</ref>

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 anti-Communist 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.  A far bloodier conflict than the [[Vietnam War]] (which killed 1.5 million Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians over the course of 15 years), the fighting resulted in the deaths of an estimated 2.5 million Koreans and Chinese in 3 years.<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP10.HTM</ref>

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