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