Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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E | US President at the end of the war. | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 90%
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Z | What Z stands for in DMZ. | Demilitarized {Zone} | 89%
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K | Leader of North Korea. | Kim Il-sung | 87%
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M | Chinese leader who supported North Korea. | Mao Zedong | 87%
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R | Official name of South Korea. | {Republic} of Korea | 87%
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T | US President at the start of the war. | Harry S. Truman | 85%
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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 | 84%
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S | South Korean capital that changed hands four times. | Seoul | 82%
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B | Over 600 000 tons of these left North Korea in ruins. | Bombs | 81%
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N | Type of weapons that was ‘considered’ but NOT used. | Nuclear | 81%
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G | What Douglas MacArthur was in the US army before being replaced by Ridgway. | General | 79%
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U | International organisation that supplied forces (mostly from the USA) to support South Korea. | United Nations | 76%
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J | Date of the North Korean invasion of South Korea, marking the start of the war. | 25 {June} 1950 | 74%
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D | Official name of North Korea. | {Democratic People}’{s Republic} of Korea | 74%
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I | Landing site (a city) in above-mentioned Operation C. | Incheon | 68%
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A | Agreement signed on 27 July 1953 that ended fighting. | Korean {Armistice} Agreement | 68%
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W | War avoided by NOT using the answer in N. | World War III | 68%
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P | Perimeter to which South Korea was forced back just two months into the war. | Pusan Perimeter | 55%
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F | The USA feared that this island (former name) along with other countries might fall to communism if South Korea was lost. | Formosa | 52%
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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 | 39%
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X | US corps that fought in the above Operation C among other tasks. | X Corps | 37%
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L | North Korean name for the war. | Fatherland {Liberation} War | 35%
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H | Month-long battle during the stalemate years with a ‘sad’ name. | Battle of {Heartbreak} Ridge | 15%
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O | First battle between the USA and North Korea on 5 July 1950. | Battle of {Osan} | 11%
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C | Code name for the operation of Sep 1950 that involved landing UN troops behind the North Korean lines. | Operation {Chromite} | 10%
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