The Korean War

Dates of the War

• The War started on June 25th, 1950
• The War ended on July 27th, 1953.

HOW DID THE PROXY WAR START?

• North Korea had communist influence
• They wanted to spread it to South Korea

Who fought in the war?

• North Korea, USSR Invaders
• South Korea, US Victims

How was the proxy war fought?

• The Americans put ground troops into Korea
• The USSR put massive funding in the Korean Communits
• Guerrilla Warfare

Damage Done

• Over 5 million people died
• More than half of them were civilians
• 40,000 American Soldiers died
• 100,000 were wounded

Impact

• Korea split
• North Korea and South Korea
• Lots of different issues between them today