Korean War Facts
- There had never been a treaty for the Korean War, so technically the war never ended.
- The armistice was NOT a peace treaty.
- The talk about a truce lasted for 2 years and 17 days.
- The Korean War didn't get as much media attention as World War II did in America.
- Around 5,720,000 American troops were involved.
- Around 33,741 American soldiers lost their lives.
- North and South Korea still remained separate after the war.
- The Korean War was the first war that the United Nations was involved in.
- The war was the first war to have battles between jet fighters.
- The casualty toll had been reported as 54,246 until June 2000, when the Pentagon realized that an error had included deaths outside the Korean War theatre in the total.
- There are still around 8,000 American soldiers still missing in action.
- The Korean War was the first armed conflict in the global struggle between communism and democracy.
- No one really won the Korean War.
- Around 373,599 South Korean Civilians were killed, 229,625 were wounded, and 387,744 were missing.
- About 1,550,000 civilian casualties in North Korea
- Around 2.5 million civilians were killed or injured.
- The armistice created what is called the Demilitarized Zone, which is a buffer zone between the two Korea’s.
- Tensions between North and South Korea still continue to this day.
- There are only a few movies about the Korean War. Some of the most well-known movies about the war include The Manchurian Candle (1962), Pork Chop Hill (1959), and Birthday Boy (2004).