Korean War
1950–1953 war between North and South Korea
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English: The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea victory (see Korean War).
Deutsch: Der Koreakrieg war ein Konflikt zwischen Nord- und Südkorea (siehe Koreakrieg).
한국어: 한국 전쟁은 대한민국(남한, 남조선)과 조선민주주의인민공화국(북조선, 북한) 사이의 전쟁이다. (참고 : 한국 전쟁.)
Türkçe: Kore Savaşı, 1950-1953 yılları arasında yapılan, Kuzey Kore ile Güney Kore arasındaki savaştır (bakınız: Kore Savaşı).
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Belligerent emblems and coat of arms
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Emblem of North Korea
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Emblem of China
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Emblem of the Soviet Union
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Emblem of Bulgaria
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Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia
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Emblem of East Germany
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Emblem of Hungary
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Coat of arms of Poland
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Emblem of Romania
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Emblem of Mongolia
United Nations
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Emblem of South Korea
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Emblem of the United Nations
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Great Seal of the United States
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Coat of arms of the United Kingdom
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Coat of arms of Canada
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Emblem of Turkey
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Coat of arms of Greece
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Coat of arms of the Philippines
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Emblem of France
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Coat of arms of South Africa
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Emblem of Thailand
Ground war
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United States Marines storm ashore at Incheon
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South Korean 57-mm anti-tank gun, evacuation of Suwon Airfield in 1950
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American soldiers in the Korean war with the Browning M1919A6 LMG.
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U.S. Marines in the Korean War
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A Model 1917 heavy machine gun in action during the Korean War.
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U.S. Marines fighting in Seoul, September 1950
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The wreckage of a bridge and North Korean T-34-85 tank south of Suwon.
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US soldiers examine a T-34-85 tank captured from the North Korean forces, Waegwan.
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M101 105 mm howitzer in action, Korea, 22 July 1950.
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M101 105 mm howitzer crew waits for the signal to fire on the enemy, Korea, 25 July 1950.
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M101 105 mm howitzer in action, Korea, 26 July 1950.
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Men of Battery A, 159th Field Arillery Battalion, fire a M101 105 mm howitzer in an indirect firing mission on the Korean battle line, near Uirson, 24 August 1950.
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Men of the 9th Infantry Regiment man an M26 tank to await an enemy attempt to cross the Naktong River, 3 Sep 1950.
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Marine M26 Pershing tanks grind up heights along Naktong and give close support to Leathernecks driving enemy backward, 3 Sep 1950.
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Marine's M26 Pershing tanks in Korea, 4 Sep 1950.
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U.S. Marine tank follows a line of prisoners of war down a village street, September 26, 1950.
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B Company tank retriever moves back up onto road after by passing bridge on road to Hamhung, 10 Nov 1950.
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A column of troops and armor of the 1st Marine Division move through communist Chinese lines during their successful breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.
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Sgt. Mike Chalooga of Honolulu, T. H., attached to the 5th RCT, examines a dead Chinese Communist killed during the offensive drive of the 5th RCT near the Han River area, Korea. The soldier is wearing GI clothing and carrying an American short story magazine
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British Tanks and infantry of the 29th Brigade advancing to attack Hill 327, March 1951
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Soldiers fire quadruple .50 caliber machine guns from an M-16 at Chinese Communist-held positions, north of Chae-jae, Korea. 12 March 1951
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Tractors of the 196th Field Artillery, U.S. Eighth Army, pull 155-mm guns near the town of Tari-Gol, Korea, in their advance towards the 38th Parallel, 8 April 1951.
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Men of Battery A, 17th Field Artillery Battalion, EUSAK, fire the M115 203 mm howitzer, north of Chunchon, Korea, 9 April 1951.
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Marine infantrymen take cover behind a tank while it fires on Communist troops ahead. Hongchon Area, May 22, 1951.
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Lt. Gen. William M. Hoge, Commanding General, U.S. IX Corps, left, holds the lanyard which will fire the 75,000th shell to be fired by the corps since the start of the conflict in Korea, 25 June 1951.
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A gun crew fires a 155-mm howitzer at Communist positions in the Kojongchon sector, eight miles above the 38th Parallel. 3 June 1951
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A 105-mm self-propelled howitzer speeds another projectile into Red lines. 1 July 1951
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Soldier firing a 57mm M18A1 recoilless rifle. Korea, 5 September 1951.
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Powder smoke and dust billow as a recoilless rifle team fires their weapon at Chinese positition on Hill 200 near Qnmong-Myon, Korea. 9 Nov 1951.
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A pair of 155mm GMC M40 providing fire support to U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division , Munema, Korea, 26 November 1951.
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An American M46 tank moves onto a British ferry at a river in Korea, 1951.
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Personnel of No. 4 gun, Battery "B", 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Eighth Army, fire on enemy positions, 23 Feb 1952.
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A 4.2-inch mortar crew of the Heavy Mortar Company, 179th Regiment, 45th U.S. Infantry Division, fires on Communist positions, west of Chorwon, Korea, 5 May 1952.
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M4A3E8 Sherman tank fires its 76mm gun at enemy bunkers on "Napalm Ridge", in support of the 8th ROK Division, 11 May 1952.
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M115 203 mm howitzer firing, north of Yonchon, Korea, 27 May 1952.
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155-mm HMC 41 firing adjusting rounds near Kumhwa, Korea, 8 June 1952.
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USMC M46 Patton just landed to support Marine infantry in Korea, 8 Jul 1952.
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Members of the 389th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, help a veteran of the battle of "Old Baldy" into the forward aid station for treatment after transport by an M39 Armored Utility Vehicle, Korea, 19 September 1952.
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Personnel of the Korean service corps unload logs from an M39 Armored Utility Vehicle at the RHE 2nd US Inf Div supply point on "Old Baldy" near Chorwon, Korea. Logs are for use in the construction of bunkers. A second M-39 is in the background. Korea, 1 Oct 1952.
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Medical corpsmen assist in helping wounded infantrymen, following the fight for Hill 598, 14 Oct 1952
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M-46 tank dozer of Dog Company, 1st Tank Battalion, with a wire fence cage around the turret, which was designed to explode 3.5 rockets before they hit the tank. 25 Mar 1953.
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An M39 Armored Utility Vehicle arrives at Baker Company, 1st tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, with ammunition for their tanks during second battle of Outpost Vegas, Korea, 29 May 1953.
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A 1st Marine Division tank, 5 Jul 1953.
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Crew of M101 105 mm howitzer in action along the 1st Cavalry Division sector of the Korean battle front.
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A 3.5 bazookaman and a soldier holding a 2.36 bazooka.
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Troops manning 90mm guns, supporting the 5th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Cav Division, on the Taegu front lines.
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Members of the 68th Battalion, Division Artillery attached to the 1st ROK Div., fire their 90mm antiaircraft guns.
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The first American war dead were brought home aboard the USS Randall, shown here departing Yokohama on March 23, 1953
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Pvt Eulogio Santiago-Figueroa, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d U.S. Infantry Division, who was wounded by fragments from a 102-mm Communist shell which was dropped during the celebration of the first mass on "Old Baldy," is carried by litter to a jeep for transfer to the 38th Infantry Regiment Collecting Station and further evacuation to the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. 29 Aug 1952.
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US 3rd Infantry troops before a patrol of the Imjin River
Air War
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Sabre
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Husky 1,000-pound demolition bombs
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Supply warehouses and dock facilities at Wonsan are attacked with parademolition bombs droppes from Fifth Air Force's B-26 Invader bombers. 1951
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Bridge at Kanggu Hang, North Korea, aft bombardment, 1950
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bombardment of Hwachon Dam, May 1951
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P-51 in North Korea, ca Jan 1951
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P-51 Mustang in Korea, ca Aug 1951
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P-51 Mustang in Korea, ca Sep 1951
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Douglas Invader in Korea, 1951
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Helicopter in Korea, 1953
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USS Philippine Sea launching Corsairs in 1950
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AD-4s attacking North Korean positions in 1950
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Marine Corsairs on USS Sicily, 1950
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Night launch of a F4U-4 from USS Sicily in 1950
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F4U-4B from USS Philippine Sea over Inchon, 1950
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USS Essex launching Panthers , 1951
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F4U-5N returning to USS Boxer in 1951
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F2H crash on USS Essex in 1951
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F9F-2s returning to to the USS Princeton in 1951
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Hawker Sea Fury launched off HMS Glory, June 1951
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AD-4 on the USS Antietam in 1951
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F9F-2Bs from USS Boxer over Wonsan, 1951
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AD-2s from USS Boxer in 1951
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VF-172 F2Hs returning to USS Essex in 1951/52
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AD-4s attacking Tanchon in 1952
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F4U-4 on the USS Essex in 1952
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Marine Corsair night fighter at Wonsan, 1952
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VF-11 F2H-2 over Wonsan, 1952
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Marine Tigercat night fighter at Wonsan, 1952
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VMF(N)-513 at Kunsan, 1952
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F3D-2 at Kunsan, 1953
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Marine F3D-2 over Korea in 1953
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F3D-2 Radar maintenance at Kunsan, 1953
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F3D-2 Radar maintenance at Kunsan, 1953
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VMF(N)-513 F3D-2 at Kunsan in 1953
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VMF(N)-542 F3D-2 at Pohang
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VMF-311 F9F-2 at Pohang
Sea Battles
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Inchon Landing
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Inchon landing
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16-inch salvo from the USS Missouri at Chong Jin, Korea, in effort to cut Northern Korean communications, 1950
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Blost of dock and city, during Hungnam evacuation, October 1950
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KPA POWs onboard U.S. warship
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HMS Belfast in Korea
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LVTs embarking British Royal Marine commandos leave Fort Marion (LSD-22) for the beach at Sorye Dong, North Korea, on 7 April 1951.
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HMS Charity engaged in Operation Fishnet off North Korea, 1952
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USS Iowa firing her 16-inch guns at enemy coastal defenses October 17 1952
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Twin 4 inch guns of the cruiser HMS Newcastle in action against North Korean gun batteries, May 1953
Civilian
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Civilians in the Korean war
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North Korean refugees evacuated by US Navy
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North Korean refugees evacuated by US Navy
Propaganda posters
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Taiwanese weapons captured by NKPA during Korean War
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U.S. Army tank captured by NKPA during Korean War
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U.S. Army tank captured by NKPA during Korean War
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panoramic display of the Battle of Taejon
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According to the North Koreans, 4 North Korean torpedo boats sunk U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Baltimore, on July 2 1950. Display in Pyongyang Military Museum (Museum of Victory of the Fatherland Liberation War)
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Torpedo Boat No.21, a "meritorious boat", which one, according to North Korean propaganda, sunk USS Baltimore in 1950
Maps
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Overview map of the Korean War
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Territory changed hands in the early part of the war until the front stabilised
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Map of the Retreat from the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir.
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Map of the Battle of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir.
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Map of the Old Baldy area.
Korean War Veteran
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60th Anniversary of the Korean War medal - front
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60th Anniversary of the Korean War medal - rear
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Korean War Veteran Medal 1950-1953