Today marks the 59th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War (6·25 전쟁/한국전쟁). On June 25th, 1950 North Korean troops crossed over the 38th Parallel into South Korea and began what would be a 3 year engagement. On July 27th, 1953 a military armistice was signed, in which both Koreas agreed on an immediate cease-fire. Technically, because only a cease-fire agreement was signed the two countries are still at war.Often times the Korean War is nicknamed, "The Forgotten War," for it took place between two of the United States' most polarizing wars of the last century, World War 2 and the Vietnam War. It is estimated that over 2.5 million people lost their lives, during the war. Soldiers from the U.S., U.K., Australia, Belgium, France, Ethiopia, Canada, Colombia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and the Philippines, who are all members of the UN came to back Democratic South Korea. While China and the Soviet Union came to the aid of Communist North Korea.
The Korean War saw for the first time US troops integrated, since the War of 1812.For more information click here:
http://korea50.army.mil/history/factsheets/integration.pdf
For a deeper look into the history of the Korean War click here: http://www.history.army.mil/books/AMH-V2/AMH%20V2/chapter8.htm
http://www.korean-war.com/TimeLine/1953/timeline1953.html
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