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The Korean War A-Z

Guess the answers related to the Korean War starting with each letter of the alphabet, except Q which I could not find a word for.
based on wikipedia
the X answer is easy, I know :)
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Last updated: July 9, 2020
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Hint
Answer
A
Agreement signed on 27 July 1953 that ended fighting.
Korean Armistice Agreement
B
Over 600 000 tons of these left North Korea in ruins.
Bombs
C
Code name for the operation of Sep 1950 that involved landing UN troops behind the North Korean lines.
Operation Chromite
D
Official name of North Korea.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
E
US President at the end of the war.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
F
The USA feared that this island (former name) along with other countries might fall to communism if South Korea was lost.
Formosa
G
What Douglas MacArthur was in the US army before being replaced by Ridgway.
General
H
Month-long battle during the stalemate years with a ‘sad’ name.
Battle of Heartbreak Ridge
I
Landing site (a city) in above-mentioned Operation C.
Incheon
J
Date of the North Korean invasion of South Korea, marking the start of the war.
25 June 1950
K
Leader of North Korea.
Kim Il-sung
L
North Korean name for the war.
Fatherland Liberation War
M
Chinese leader who supported North Korea.
Mao Zedong
 
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N
Type of weapons that was ‘considered’ but NOT used.
Nuclear
O
First battle between the USA and North Korea on 5 July 1950.
Battle of Osan
P
Perimeter to which South Korea was forced back just two months into the war.
Pusan Perimeter
R
Official name of South Korea.
Republic of Korea
S
South Korean capital that changed hands four times.
Seoul
T
US President at the start of the war.
Harry S. Truman
U
International organisation that supplied forces (mostly from the USA) to support South Korea.
United Nations
V
War that took place over the next decades and gained more attention, contributing to the Korean War being also known as the ‘Forgotten War’.
Vietnam War
W
War avoided by NOT using the answer in N.
World War III
X
US corps that fought in the above Operation C among other tasks.
X Corps
Y
UN approach towards this river on the border between North Korea and China caused the latter to enter the war in late 1950.
Yalu
Z
What Z stands for in DMZ.
Demilitarized Zone
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