KOREAN WAR

Dates

Key Nations

• North korea invades South korea,
• and continues on to the capital of
• Seoul.

Location

Commanders

• General Douglas MacArthur. 
• Chung Il-kwon.
• Peng Dehuai.
• Kim Chaek

Loss of life

• South Korea:58,127 combat deaths175,743 wounded 80,000 MIA or POW
• North Korea:215,000 dead,303,000 wounded,120,000 MIA or POW.

Cause/Effect

• Cause of the war was North Korea invaded,
• South Korea.
• The effect of the war was North Korea got pushed,
• back into South Korea.

Key Battles

• Battle of Osan.
• Battle of Inchon.
• The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge.

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Harry S. Truman was president at beginning of war.

General Douglas MacArthur.

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