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As a result, the ROKA and US troops retreated to a small area behind a defensive line known as the Pusan Perimeter. Twenty-one countries of the UN eventually contributed to the UN force, with the US providing around 90% of the military personnel.Īfter the first two months of war, South Korean Army (ROKA) and the US forces rapidly dispatched to Korea were on the point of defeat. These UN decisions were taken without participation of the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, both of which supported North Korea. The UN Security Council denounced the North Korean move as an invasion, and authorized the formation of the UN Command and the dispatch of forces to Korea to repel it. North Korean Korean People’s Army (KPA) forces crossed the border and advanced into South Korea on 25 June 1950. Both governments of the two new Korean states claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea, and neither accepted the border as permanent. A socialist state was established in the north under the totalitarian leadership of Kim Il-sung and a capitalist state in the south under the authoritarian leadership of Syngman Rhee. In 1948, as a result of Cold War tensions, the occupation zones became two sovereign states. The Soviets administered the northern-half and the Americans administered the southern-half. The war ended unofficially on 27 July 1953 in an armistice.Īfter the surrender of Japan, at the end of World War II, on 15 August 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into two zones of occupation.

The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and insurrections in the south. The Korean War (South Korean: Korean: 6.25 전쟁, 한국전쟁 Hanja: 韓國戰爭 RR: Yugio Jeonjaeng, Hanguk Jeonjaeng North Korean: Korean: 조국해방전쟁 Hanja: 祖國解放戰爭 MR: Choguk haebang chŏnjaeng, “Fatherland Liberation War” 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United Nations (UN), principally from the United States (US)).