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THE KOREAN After the war, six US troops willingly

WAR crossed the DMZ (demilitarised zone) 133 of victors in
The number
and pledged their allegiance to North
the war, since
Korea. One of these, James Joseph
technically it’s
Dresnok, has since been a regular in
propaganda films, often portraying

villainous American characters. The number of Medals of still ongoing
(a peace treaty
How the 1950-1953 confl ict Honor that were awarded for was never
between North Korea and the heroism in the Korean War, signed – only
95 of them posthumously.

UN-supported South adds up * a ceasefire was
agreed upon).

The number of United Nations troops killed in the war.
A further 200,000 were wounded.
2 years time the two sides
The amount of
and 17 spent engaged in truce How much the United States spent on fighting the
talks (during this
period, there were

days 575 meetings). Finally, conflict – that’s approximately $535billion in today’s terms.

an armistice was
signed on 27 July 1953.
The tons of bombs that were
The tons of bombs
dropped by the US in Korea.
that were dropped by
the US in Korea. 2,

7,245 1

The percentage the population of North Korea
declined by during the war, from around nine 3
million to less than eight million.

The number of US prisoners of

war taken during the conflict. Of
those, 2,806 died whilst in captivity. 2,000
10 171,000 -17°C

The number of Korean War
The lowest-
veterans who also served in both recorded
The number of
shows that Marilyn the Second World War and Vietnam. temperature
Monroe performed during the
in four days in February Korean War. In

1954, for 100,000 US the first winter
Army troops celebrating of the war alone,
the end of the war. 625 some 5,300 US *Statistic may vary from source to source
soldiers died
from frostbite,
while a further
The nickname given to The total number of troops – 18,000 suffered
the war by South Koreans, from both sides – who fought during from frostbite-
in reference to the start the Korean conflict. related injuries.

date of 25 June.
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