<Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Korean War In South Korea: (한국 전쟁, 6.25 전쟁) In North Korea: (조국 해방 전쟁) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War and the inter-Korean conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top: A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir; UN landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Incheon; Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M26 Pershing tank; U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon; F - 86 Sabre fighter aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 25 June 1950--27 July 1953 (3 years, 1 month and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China--North Korea border </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Military stalemate </P> <Ul> <Li> North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent U.S. - led United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Korean Armistice Agreement </Li> <Li> Korean conflict ongoing </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Korean Demilitarized Zone established </Li> <Li> Division of the Sovereign States of North Korea and South Korea </Li> <Li> North Korea gains city of Kaesong but loses a net total of 3,900 km (1,500 sq mi) to South Korea </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea <P> United Nations: </P> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Turkey </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Ethiopia </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> Colombia </Li> <Li> Belgium </Li> <Li> South Africa </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Luxembourg </Li> </Ul> Medical support (show) <Ul> <Li> Denmark </Li> <Li> Italy </Li> <Li> West Germany </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> Norway </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> </Ul> Other support (show) <Ul> <Li> Taiwan </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> El Salvador </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> North Korea </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> Medical support (show) <Ul> <Li> Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> East Germany </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> <Li> Romania </Li> </Ul> Other support (show) <Ul> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Mongolia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Syngman Rhee </Li> <Li> Chung Il - kwon </Li> <Li> Paik Sun - yup </Li> <Li> Shin Sung - mo </Li> <Li> Son Won - il </Li> <Li> Harry S. Truman </Li> <Li> Dwight Eisenhower </Li> <Li> Douglas MacArthur </Li> <Li> Matthew Ridgway </Li> <Li> Mark Wayne Clark </Li> <Li> Clement Attlee </Li> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> Louis St. Laurent </Li> <Li> Celâl Bayar </Li> <Li> Robert Menzies </Li> <Li> Elpidio Quirino </Li> <Li> Nikolaos Plastiras </Li> <Li> Sophoklis Venizelos </Li> <Li> Alexander Papagos </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Kim Il - sung </Li> <Li> Pak Hon - yong </Li> <Li> Choi Yong - kun </Li> <Li> Kim Chaek </Li> <Li> Mao Zedong </Li> <Li> Peng Dehuai </Li> <Li> Chen Geng </Li> <Li> Deng Hua </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin </Li> <Li> Nikita Khrushchev </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 602,902 </Li> <Li> 326,863 </Li> <Li> 14,198 </Li> <Li> 8,123 </Li> <Li> 5,453 </Li> <Li> 2,282 </Li> <Li> 1,496 </Li> <Li> 1,385 </Li> <Li> 1,290 </Li> <Li> 1,271 </Li> <Li> 1,263 </Li> <Li> 1,185 </Li> <Li> 1,068 </Li> <Li> 900 </Li> <Li> 826 </Li> <Li> 819 </Li> <Li> 170 </Li> <Li> 105 </Li> <Li> 100 </Li> <Li> 72 </Li> <Li> 70 </Li> <Li> 44 </Li> </Ul> Total: 972,214 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,350,000 </Li> <Li> 266,600 </Li> <Li> 26,000 </Li> </Ul> Total: 1,642,600 Note: The figures vary by source; peak unit strength varied during war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total: 178,405 dead and 32,925 missing Total wounded: 566,434 </P> Details (show) <Ul> <Li> South Korea: 137,899 dead 450,742 wounded 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW </Li> <Li> United States: 36,574 dead 103,284 wounded 7,926 MIA 4,714 POW </Li> <Li> United Kingdom: 1,109 dead 2,674 wounded 179 MIA 977 POW </Li> <Li> Turkey: 741 dead 2,068 wounded 163 MIA 244 POW </Li> <Li> Canada: 516 dead 1,042 wounded 1 MIA 33 POW </Li> <Li> Australia: 339 dead 1,216 wounded 43 MIA 26 POW </Li> <Li> France: 262 dead 1,008 wounded 7 MIA 12 POW </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Greece 192 dead 543 wounded 3 POW </Li> <Li> Colombia: 163 dead 448 wounded 28 POW </Li> <Li> Thailand: 129 dead 1,139 wounded 5 MIA </Li> <Li> Ethiopian Empire 121 dead 536 wounded </Li> <Li> Netherlands: 122 dead 645 wounded 3 MIA </Li> <Li> Belgium: 101 dead 478 Wounded 5 MIA 1 POW </Li> <Li> Philippines: 92 dead 299 wounded 97 MIA / POW </Li> <Li> South Africa 34 dead 9 POW </Li> <Li> New Zealand: 34 dead 299 wounded 1 MIA / POW </Li> <Li> Norway: 3 dead </Li> <Li> Luxembourg: 2 dead 13 wounded </Li> <Li> India: 1 dead </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Total: 398,000--750,000 + dead and 145,000 + missing Total wounded: 686,500--789,000 </P> Details (show) <Ul> <Li> North Korea: 215,000--350,000 dead 303,000 wounded 120,000 MIA or POW </Li> <Li> China: (Chinese sources): 183,108 dead 383,500 wounded 450,000 hospitalized 25,621 missing 7,110 captured 14,190 defected (U.S. estimates): 400,000 + dead 486,000 wounded </Li> <Li> Soviet Union: 299 dead 335 planes lost </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Total civilians killed / wounded: 2.5 million (est .) </Li> <Li> South Korea: 990,968 373,599 killed 229,625 wounded 387,744 abducted / missing </Li> <Li> North Korea: 1,550,000 (est .) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> Korean War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> North Korean Offensive </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Pokpoong </Li> <Li> Chuncheon </Li> <Li> 1st Seoul </Li> <Li> Gorangpo </Li> <Li> Kaesong - Munsan </Li> <Li> Korea Strait </Li> <Li> Ongjin </Li> <Li> Uijeongbu </Li> <Li> Suwon Airfield </Li> <Li> Air Campaign </Li> <Li> Andong </Li> <Li> Chumonchin Chan </Li> <Li> Osan </Li> <Li> Pyongtaek </Li> <Li> Chonan </Li> <Li> Chochiwon </Li> <Li> Taejon </Li> <Li> Sangju </Li> <Li> Yongdong </Li> <Li> Hwanggan </Li> <Li> Hadong </Li> <Li> Notch </Li> <Li> Pusan Perimeter <Ul> <Li> Masan </Li> <Li> P'ohang - Dong </Li> <Li> Taegu </Li> <Li> 1st Naktong Bulge </Li> <Li> Bowling Alley </Li> <Li> Battle Mountain </Li> <Li> Kyongju </Li> <Li> Haman </Li> <Li> Nam River </Li> <Li> Ka - San </Li> <Li> Tabu - Dong </Li> <Li> Yongsan </Li> <Li> 2nd Naktong Bulge </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dt> UN Command Counteroffensive </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Haeju </Li> <Li> Inchon </Li> <Li> 2nd Seoul </Li> <Li> Hill 282 </Li> <Li> 12 October 1950 </Li> <Li> Sariwon </Li> <Li> Pyongyang </Li> <Li> Yongju </Li> <Li> Kujin </Li> <Li> Chongju </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dt> Chinese Intervention </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Onjong </Li> <Li> Unsan </Li> <Li> Pakchon </Li> <Li> Ch'ongch'on River <Ul> <Li> Wawon </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Chosin Reservoir <Ul> <Li> Task Force Faith </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 3rd Seoul <Ul> <Li> Uijeongbu </Li> <Li> Chaegunghyon </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 1st and 2nd Wonju </Li> <Li> Thunderbolt </Li> <Li> Twin Tunnels </Li> <Li> Hoengsong </Li> <Li> Chipyong - Ni </Li> <Li> 3rd Wonju </Li> <Li> Chuam - Ni </Li> <Li> Wonsan </Li> <Li> Killer </Li> <Li> Ripper (4th Battle of Seoul) </Li> <Li> Maehwa - San </Li> <Li> Courageous </Li> <Li> Tomahawk </Li> <Li> Rugged </Li> <Li> Dauntless </Li> <Li> Spring Offensive <Ul> <Li> Imjin River </Li> <Li> Yultong </Li> <Li> Kapyong </Li> <Li> Soyang River </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dt> Air operations </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> MiG Alley </Li> <Li> Sunchon </Li> <Li> Strangle </Li> <Li> Sui - ho Dam </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dt> Stalemate </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Bloody Ridge </Li> <Li> Minden </Li> <Li> Punchbowl </Li> <Li> Heartbreak Ridge </Li> <Li> Han River </Li> <Li> Commando <Ul> <Li> 1st Maryang San </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Haktang - ni </Li> <Li> Polecharge </Li> <Li> 2nd Maryang San </Li> <Li> Sunchon </Li> <Li> Hill Eerie </Li> <Li> Sui - Ho Dam </Li> <Li> Old Baldy </Li> <Li> Blaze </Li> <Li> White Horse </Li> <Li> Triangle Hill </Li> <Li> 1st Hook </Li> <Li> 2nd Hook </Li> <Li> Chatkol </Li> <Li> Outpost Vegas </Li> <Li> Pork Chop Hill </Li> <Li> 3rd Hook </Li> <Li> Outpost Harry </Li> <Li> Kumsong </Li> <Li> Samichon River </Li> <Li> Korean Armistice Agreement </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Korean War In South Korea: (한국 전쟁, 6.25 전쟁) In North Korea: (조국 해방 전쟁) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War and the inter-Korean conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top: A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir; UN landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Incheon; Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M26 Pershing tank; U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon; F - 86 Sabre fighter aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 25 June 1950--27 July 1953 (3 years, 1 month and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China--North Korea border </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Military stalemate </P> <Ul> <Li> North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent U.S. - led United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Korean Armistice Agreement </Li> <Li> Korean conflict ongoing </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Korean Demilitarized Zone established </Li> <Li> Division of the Sovereign States of North Korea and South Korea </Li> <Li> North Korea gains city of Kaesong but loses a net total of 3,900 km (1,500 sq mi) to South Korea </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea <P> United Nations: </P> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Turkey </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Ethiopia </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> Colombia </Li> <Li> Belgium </Li> <Li> South Africa </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Luxembourg </Li> </Ul> Medical support (show) <Ul> <Li> Denmark </Li> <Li> Italy </Li> <Li> West Germany </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> Norway </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> </Ul> Other support (show) <Ul> <Li> Taiwan </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> El Salvador </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> North Korea </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> Medical support (show) <Ul> <Li> Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> East Germany </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> <Li> Romania </Li> </Ul> Other support (show) <Ul> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Mongolia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Syngman Rhee </Li> <Li> Chung Il - kwon </Li> <Li> Paik Sun - yup </Li> <Li> Shin Sung - mo </Li> <Li> Son Won - il </Li> <Li> Harry S. Truman </Li> <Li> Dwight Eisenhower </Li> <Li> Douglas MacArthur </Li> <Li> Matthew Ridgway </Li> <Li> Mark Wayne Clark </Li> <Li> Clement Attlee </Li> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> Louis St. Laurent </Li> <Li> Celâl Bayar </Li> <Li> Robert Menzies </Li> <Li> Elpidio Quirino </Li> <Li> Nikolaos Plastiras </Li> <Li> Sophoklis Venizelos </Li> <Li> Alexander Papagos </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Kim Il - sung </Li> <Li> Pak Hon - yong </Li> <Li> Choi Yong - kun </Li> <Li> Kim Chaek </Li> <Li> Mao Zedong </Li> <Li> Peng Dehuai </Li> <Li> Chen Geng </Li> <Li> Deng Hua </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin </Li> <Li> Nikita Khrushchev </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 602,902 </Li> <Li> 326,863 </Li> <Li> 14,198 </Li> <Li> 8,123 </Li> <Li> 5,453 </Li> <Li> 2,282 </Li> <Li> 1,496 </Li> <Li> 1,385 </Li> <Li> 1,290 </Li> <Li> 1,271 </Li> <Li> 1,263 </Li> <Li> 1,185 </Li> <Li> 1,068 </Li> <Li> 900 </Li> <Li> 826 </Li> <Li> 819 </Li> <Li> 170 </Li> <Li> 105 </Li> <Li> 100 </Li> <Li> 72 </Li> <Li> 70 </Li> <Li> 44 </Li> </Ul> Total: 972,214 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,350,000 </Li> <Li> 266,600 </Li> <Li> 26,000 </Li> </Ul> Total: 1,642,600 Note: The figures vary by source; peak unit strength varied during war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total: 178,405 dead and 32,925 missing Total wounded: 566,434 </P> Details (show) <Ul> <Li> South Korea: 137,899 dead 450,742 wounded 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW </Li> <Li> United States: 36,574 dead 103,284 wounded 7,926 MIA 4,714 POW </Li> <Li> United Kingdom: 1,109 dead 2,674 wounded 179 MIA 977 POW </Li> <Li> Turkey: 741 dead 2,068 wounded 163 MIA 244 POW </Li> <Li> Canada: 516 dead 1,042 wounded 1 MIA 33 POW </Li> <Li> Australia: 339 dead 1,216 wounded 43 MIA 26 POW </Li> <Li> France: 262 dead 1,008 wounded 7 MIA 12 POW </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Greece 192 dead 543 wounded 3 POW </Li> <Li> Colombia: 163 dead 448 wounded 28 POW </Li> <Li> Thailand: 129 dead 1,139 wounded 5 MIA </Li> <Li> Ethiopian Empire 121 dead 536 wounded </Li> <Li> Netherlands: 122 dead 645 wounded 3 MIA </Li> <Li> Belgium: 101 dead 478 Wounded 5 MIA 1 POW </Li> <Li> Philippines: 92 dead 299 wounded 97 MIA / POW </Li> <Li> South Africa 34 dead 9 POW </Li> <Li> New Zealand: 34 dead 299 wounded 1 MIA / POW </Li> <Li> Norway: 3 dead </Li> <Li> Luxembourg: 2 dead 13 wounded </Li> <Li> India: 1 dead </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Total: 398,000--750,000 + dead and 145,000 + missing Total wounded: 686,500--789,000 </P> Details (show) <Ul> <Li> North Korea: 215,000--350,000 dead 303,000 wounded 120,000 MIA or POW </Li> <Li> China: (Chinese sources): 183,108 dead 383,500 wounded 450,000 hospitalized 25,621 missing 7,110 captured 14,190 defected (U.S. estimates): 400,000 + dead 486,000 wounded </Li> <Li> Soviet Union: 299 dead 335 planes lost </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Total civilians killed / wounded: 2.5 million (est .) </Li> <Li> South Korea: 990,968 373,599 killed 229,625 wounded 387,744 abducted / missing </Li> <Li> North Korea: 1,550,000 (est .) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Korean War In South Korea: (한국 전쟁, 6.25 전쟁) In North Korea: (조국 해방 전쟁) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War and the inter-Korean conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top: A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir; UN landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Incheon; Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M26 Pershing tank; U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon; F - 86 Sabre fighter aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 25 June 1950--27 July 1953 (3 years, 1 month and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China--North Korea border </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Military stalemate </P> <Ul> <Li> North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent U.S. - led United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Korean Armistice Agreement </Li> <Li> Korean conflict ongoing </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Korean Demilitarized Zone established </Li> <Li> Division of the Sovereign States of North Korea and South Korea </Li> <Li> North Korea gains city of Kaesong but loses a net total of 3,900 km (1,500 sq mi) to South Korea </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea <P> United Nations: </P> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Turkey </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Ethiopia </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> Colombia </Li> <Li> Belgium </Li> <Li> South Africa </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Luxembourg </Li> </Ul> Medical support (show) <Ul> <Li> Denmark </Li> <Li> Italy </Li> <Li> West Germany </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> Norway </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> </Ul> Other support (show) <Ul> <Li> Taiwan </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> El Salvador </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> North Korea </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> Medical support (show) <Ul> <Li> Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> East Germany </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> <Li> Romania </Li> </Ul> Other support (show) <Ul> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Mongolia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Syngman Rhee </Li> <Li> Chung Il - kwon </Li> <Li> Paik Sun - yup </Li> <Li> Shin Sung - mo </Li> <Li> Son Won - il </Li> <Li> Harry S. Truman </Li> <Li> Dwight Eisenhower </Li> <Li> Douglas MacArthur </Li> <Li> Matthew Ridgway </Li> <Li> Mark Wayne Clark </Li> <Li> Clement Attlee </Li> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> Louis St. Laurent </Li> <Li> Celâl Bayar </Li> <Li> Robert Menzies </Li> <Li> Elpidio Quirino </Li> <Li> Nikolaos Plastiras </Li> <Li> Sophoklis Venizelos </Li> <Li> Alexander Papagos </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Kim Il - sung </Li> <Li> Pak Hon - yong </Li> <Li> Choi Yong - kun </Li> <Li> Kim Chaek </Li> <Li> Mao Zedong </Li> <Li> Peng Dehuai </Li> <Li> Chen Geng </Li> <Li> Deng Hua </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin </Li> <Li> Nikita Khrushchev </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 602,902 </Li> <Li> 326,863 </Li> <Li> 14,198 </Li> <Li> 8,123 </Li> <Li> 5,453 </Li> <Li> 2,282 </Li> <Li> 1,496 </Li> <Li> 1,385 </Li> <Li> 1,290 </Li> <Li> 1,271 </Li> <Li> 1,263 </Li> <Li> 1,185 </Li> <Li> 1,068 </Li> <Li> 900 </Li> <Li> 826 </Li> <Li> 819 </Li> <Li> 170 </Li> <Li> 105 </Li> <Li> 100 </Li> <Li> 72 </Li> <Li> 70 </Li> <Li> 44 </Li> </Ul> Total: 972,214 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,350,000 </Li> <Li> 266,600 </Li> <Li> 26,000 </Li> </Ul> Total: 1,642,600 Note: The figures vary by source; peak unit strength varied during war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total: 178,405 dead and 32,925 missing Total wounded: 566,434 </P> Details (show) <Ul> <Li> South Korea: 137,899 dead 450,742 wounded 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW </Li> <Li> United States: 36,574 dead 103,284 wounded 7,926 MIA 4,714 POW </Li> <Li> United Kingdom: 1,109 dead 2,674 wounded 179 MIA 977 POW </Li> <Li> Turkey: 741 dead 2,068 wounded 163 MIA 244 POW </Li> <Li> Canada: 516 dead 1,042 wounded 1 MIA 33 POW </Li> <Li> Australia: 339 dead 1,216 wounded 43 MIA 26 POW </Li> <Li> France: 262 dead 1,008 wounded 7 MIA 12 POW </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Greece 192 dead 543 wounded 3 POW </Li> <Li> Colombia: 163 dead 448 wounded 28 POW </Li> <Li> Thailand: 129 dead 1,139 wounded 5 MIA </Li> <Li> Ethiopian Empire 121 dead 536 wounded </Li> <Li> Netherlands: 122 dead 645 wounded 3 MIA </Li> <Li> Belgium: 101 dead 478 Wounded 5 MIA 1 POW </Li> <Li> Philippines: 92 dead 299 wounded 97 MIA / POW </Li> <Li> South Africa 34 dead 9 POW </Li> <Li> New Zealand: 34 dead 299 wounded 1 MIA / POW </Li> <Li> Norway: 3 dead </Li> <Li> Luxembourg: 2 dead 13 wounded </Li> <Li> India: 1 dead </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Total: 398,000--750,000 + dead and 145,000 + missing Total wounded: 686,500--789,000 </P> Details (show) <Ul> <Li> North Korea: 215,000--350,000 dead 303,000 wounded 120,000 MIA or POW </Li> <Li> China: (Chinese sources): 183,108 dead 383,500 wounded 450,000 hospitalized 25,621 missing 7,110 captured 14,190 defected (U.S. estimates): 400,000 + dead 486,000 wounded </Li> <Li> Soviet Union: 299 dead 335 planes lost </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Total civilians killed / wounded: 2.5 million (est .) </Li> <Li> South Korea: 990,968 373,599 killed 229,625 wounded 387,744 abducted / missing </Li> <Li> North Korea: 1,550,000 (est .) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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