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  2. Korean War - Wikipedia

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    Despite its underdeveloped economy, Chinese military spending was the world's fourth largest globally for most of the war after that of the US, the Soviet Union, and the UK; however, by 1953, with the winding down of the Korean War and the escalation of the First Indochina War, French spending also surpassed Chinese spending by about a third. [300]

  3. Korean Armistice Agreement - Wikipedia

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    In the final armistice agreement, signed on 27 July 1953, a Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, chaired by Indian General K. S. Thimayya, was set up to handle the matter. [25] In 1952, the United States elected a new president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and on 2 December 1952, [26] he went to Korea to investigate what might end the war. [27]

  4. Korean conflict - Wikipedia

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    Tensions erupted into the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953. When the war ended, both countries were devastated, but the division remained. North and South Korea continued a military standoff, with periodic clashes. The conflict survived the end of the Cold War and is still ongoing.

  5. Korean War Fast Facts - AOL

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    Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Korean War. Although hostilities ...

  6. 70 years later, Korean Americans are still working to ... - AOL

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    The Korean War Armistice was signed on July 27, 1953 by representatives from the U.S., North Korea and China. South Korea, intent on reunifying the two Koreas , refused to be a signatory of the truce.

  7. Battle of Kumsong - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) and the Korean People's Army (KPA) objective was the bulge in the U.S. Eighth Army lines that began roughly about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Kumhwa, extended northeast to the hills south of Kumsong, leveled off to the east for about 10 miles (16 km), then dipped to the southeast for some 13 miles (21 km) to the village of Mundung-ni, northwest of ...

  8. North Korea in the Korean War - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the summer, President Truman and General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), the commander in charge of the Asian theater, had decided on a new set of war aims. Now, for the Allies, the Korean War was an offensive one: It was a war to "liberate" the North from the communists. [1] Initially, this new strategy was a success.

  9. List of wars involving Korea - Wikipedia

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    Collection of Books and Research Materials on the Korean War Archived 2021-04-27 at the Wayback Machine an online collection of the United States Army Center of Military History; The Korean War at History.com; Korean-War.com; Koreanwar-educator.org; Capital Mechanized Infantry Division, a division that fought in Korea and Vietnam: