<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Korean War In South Korea : ( 한국 전쟁 , 6.25 전쟁 ) In North Korea : ( 조국 해방 전쟁 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War and the inter-Korean conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise from top : A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division 's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir ; UN landing at Incheon harbor , starting point of the Battle of Incheon ; Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M26 Pershing tank ; U.S. Marines , led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez , landing at Incheon ; F - 86 Sabre fighter aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 25 June 1950 -- 27 July 1953 ( 3 years , 1 month and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Korean Peninsula , Yellow Sea , Sea of Japan , Korea Strait , China -- North Korea border </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Military stalemate </P> <Ul> <Li> North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent U.S. - led United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Korean Armistice Agreement </Li> <Li> Korean conflict ongoing </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Korean Demilitarized Zone established </Li> <Li> Division of the Sovereign States of North Korea and South Korea </Li> <Li> North Korea gains city of Kaesong but loses a net total of 3,900 km ( 1,500 sq mi ) to South Korea </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea <P> United Nations : </P> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Turkey </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Ethiopia </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> Colombia </Li> <Li> Belgium </Li> <Li> South Africa </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Luxembourg </Li> </Ul> Medical support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Denmark </Li> <Li> Italy </Li> <Li> West Germany </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> Norway </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Taiwan </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> El Salvador </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> North Korea </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> Medical support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> East Germany </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> <Li> Romania </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Mongolia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Syngman Rhee </Li> <Li> Chung Il - kwon </Li> <Li> Paik Sun - yup </Li> <Li> Shin Sung - mo </Li> <Li> Son Won - il </Li> <Li> Harry S. Truman </Li> <Li> Dwight Eisenhower </Li> <Li> Douglas MacArthur </Li> <Li> Matthew Ridgway </Li> <Li> Mark Wayne Clark </Li> <Li> Clement Attlee </Li> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> Louis St. Laurent </Li> <Li> Celâl Bayar </Li> <Li> Robert Menzies </Li> <Li> Elpidio Quirino </Li> <Li> Nikolaos Plastiras </Li> <Li> Sophoklis Venizelos </Li> <Li> Alexander Papagos </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Kim Il - sung </Li> <Li> Pak Hon - yong </Li> <Li> Choi Yong - kun </Li> <Li> Kim Chaek </Li> <Li> Mao Zedong </Li> <Li> Peng Dehuai </Li> <Li> Chen Geng </Li> <Li> Deng Hua </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin </Li> <Li> Nikita Khrushchev </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 602,902 </Li> <Li> 326,863 </Li> <Li> 14,198 </Li> <Li> 8,123 </Li> <Li> 5,453 </Li> <Li> 2,282 </Li> <Li> 1,496 </Li> <Li> 1,385 </Li> <Li> 1,290 </Li> <Li> 1,271 </Li> <Li> 1,263 </Li> <Li> 1,185 </Li> <Li> 1,068 </Li> <Li> 900 </Li> <Li> 826 </Li> <Li> 819 </Li> <Li> 170 </Li> <Li> 105 </Li> <Li> 100 </Li> <Li> 72 </Li> <Li> 70 </Li> <Li> 44 </Li> </Ul> Total : 972,214 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,350,000 </Li> <Li> 266,600 </Li> <Li> 26,000 </Li> </Ul> Total : 1,642,600 Note : The figures vary by source ; peak unit strength varied during war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total : 178,405 dead and 32,925 missing Total wounded : 566,434 </P> Details ( show ) <Ul> <Li> South Korea : 137,899 dead 450,742 wounded 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW </Li> <Li> United States : 36,574 dead 103,284 wounded 7,926 MIA 4,714 POW </Li> <Li> United Kingdom : 1,109 dead 2,674 wounded 179 MIA 977 POW </Li> <Li> Turkey : 741 dead 2,068 wounded 163 MIA
<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Korean War In South Korea : ( 한국 전쟁 , 6.25 전쟁 ) In North Korea : ( 조국 해방 전쟁 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War and the inter-Korean conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise from top : A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division 's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir ; UN landing at Incheon harbor , starting point of the Battle of Incheon ; Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M26 Pershing tank ; U.S. Marines , led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez , landing at Incheon ; F - 86 Sabre fighter aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 25 June 1950 -- 27 July 1953 ( 3 years , 1 month and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Korean Peninsula , Yellow Sea , Sea of Japan , Korea Strait , China -- North Korea border </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Military stalemate </P> <Ul> <Li> North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent U.S. - led United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Subsequent Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled </Li> <Li> Korean Armistice Agreement </Li> <Li> Korean conflict ongoing </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Korean Demilitarized Zone established </Li> <Li> Division of the Sovereign States of North Korea and South Korea </Li> <Li> North Korea gains city of Kaesong but loses a net total of 3,900 km ( 1,500 sq mi ) to South Korea </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea <P> United Nations : </P> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Turkey </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Ethiopia </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> Colombia </Li> <Li> Belgium </Li> <Li> South Africa </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Luxembourg </Li> </Ul> Medical support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Denmark </Li> <Li> Italy </Li> <Li> West Germany </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Israel </Li> <Li> Norway </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Taiwan </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> El Salvador </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> North Korea </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> Medical support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> East Germany </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> <Li> Romania </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Mongolia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Syngman Rhee </Li> <Li> Chung Il - kwon </Li> <Li> Paik Sun - yup </Li> <Li> Shin Sung - mo </Li> <Li> Son Won - il </Li> <Li> Harry S. Truman </Li> <Li> Dwight Eisenhower </Li> <Li> Douglas MacArthur </Li> <Li> Matthew Ridgway </Li> <Li> Mark Wayne Clark </Li> <Li> Clement Attlee </Li> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> Louis St. Laurent </Li> <Li> Celâl Bayar </Li> <Li> Robert Menzies </Li> <Li> Elpidio Quirino </Li> <Li> Nikolaos Plastiras </Li> <Li> Sophoklis Venizelos </Li> <Li> Alexander Papagos </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Kim Il - sung </Li> <Li> Pak Hon - yong </Li> <Li> Choi Yong - kun </Li> <Li> Kim Chaek </Li> <Li> Mao Zedong </Li> <Li> Peng Dehuai </Li> <Li> Chen Geng </Li> <Li> Deng Hua </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin </Li> <Li> Nikita Khrushchev </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 602,902 </Li> <Li> 326,863 </Li> <Li> 14,198 </Li> <Li> 8,123 </Li> <Li> 5,453 </Li> <Li> 2,282 </Li> <Li> 1,496 </Li> <Li> 1,385 </Li> <Li> 1,290 </Li> <Li> 1,271 </Li> <Li> 1,263 </Li> <Li> 1,185 </Li> <Li> 1,068 </Li> <Li> 900 </Li> <Li> 826 </Li> <Li> 819 </Li> <Li> 170 </Li> <Li> 105 </Li> <Li> 100 </Li> <Li> 72 </Li> <Li> 70 </Li> <Li> 44 </Li> </Ul> Total : 972,214 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,350,000 </Li> <Li> 266,600 </Li> <Li> 26,000 </Li> </Ul> Total : 1,642,600 Note : The figures vary by source ; peak unit strength varied during war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total : 178,405 dead and 32,925 missing Total wounded : 566,434 </P> Details ( show ) <Ul> <Li> South Korea : 137,899 dead 450,742 wounded 24,495 MIA 8,343 POW </Li> <Li> United States : 36,574 dead 103,284 wounded 7,926 MIA 4,714 POW </Li> <Li> United Kingdom : 1,109 dead 2,674 wounded 179 MIA 977 POW </Li> <Li> Turkey : 741 dead 2,068 wounded 163 MIA
when did the korean war start and when did it end
when did the korean war start and when did it end
25 June 1950 -- 27 July 1953
25 June 1950 -- 27 July 1953