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ISBN-13: 9781782748991
ISBN-10: 1782748997
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So admitted US military analysts the day North Korean communist forces
crossed the partition line and invaded South Korea. By 28 June 1950,
Seoul had been captured by the North Korean People's Army (NKPA).
However, the fall of the capital did not spell the end of the
anti-communist government of Syngman Rhee, and by early July a US-led
United Nations (UN) force was in place, fighting a rearguard action as
NKPA forces pushed south. With UN forces trapped inside the tiny Pusan
Perimeter, in mid-September the US was able to land 40,000 troops 300
kilometres to the northwest at Inchon, outflanking the North Korean
advance and gaining the initiative.What followed over the next three
years was the first major conflict of the Cold War era - a war that
devastated the country, killed millions and displaced millions more. The
fighting involved combatants from dozens of nations, with more than 20
countries sending soldiers as part of the multinational UN force. In
communist North Korea, more than a million Chinese regulars fought as
part of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA), while the Soviet Union
supplied pilots and military hardware for the communist
cause.Illustrated with 150 archival photographs, maps and illustrations,
The Korean War tells the story of the three-year war from the
conditions that led to the conflict to the armistice and the
establishment of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) along the 38th parallel,
leading to the development of the two distinct Koreas we see today.