Korean DMZ Conflict
| Korean DMZ Conflict | |||||||||
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| Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold War | |||||||||
American and South Korean soldiers at the DMZ, on 26 August 1967. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| North Korea | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Kim Il Sung | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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South Korea: 299 killed 550 wounded 1 patrol craft sunk United States: 81 killed 120 wounded 85 captured and later released 2 jeeps destroyed 2 aircraft 1 technical research vessel captured |
397 killed at least 23 wounded 33 defected 12 soldiers and 2,462 agents captured | ||||||||
| 47 civilians killed | |||||||||
| History of North Korea |
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| North Korea portal |
The Korean DMZ Conflict, also referred to as the Second Korean War by some, was a series of low-level armed clashes between North Korean forces and the forces of South Korea and the United States, largely occurring between 1966 and 1969 along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).