Korean War
1950 CE – 1953 CE · 3 years
The 'forgotten war' that nearly started World War III — North Korea's invasion drew in the US and China, killed 3 million people, and left the peninsula divided to this day.
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Korean War on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- South Korea & UN forces
- North Korea & China
Key moments
Defining events in the Korean War.
- 1950 Pusan Perimeter
- 1950 Inchon
- 1950 Chosin Reservoir
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · East Asia
Yakushima
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · East Asia
China
Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Trade route · East Asia
Tea Horse Road
700 CE – 1950 CE
Conflict · East Asia
Chinese Annexation of Tibet
1950 CE – 1951 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Great Wall of China
700 BCE – still standing
Polity · East Asia
Russia
Founded 1263 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Conflict · East Asia
First Indochina War
1946 CE – 1954 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Ha Long Bay
3000 BCE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1950 CE and 1953 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Korean WarPhoto by Corporal Peter McDonald, USMC · Public domain
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Flag of the People's Republic of ChinaZeng Liansong · Public domain
- Tea Horse RoadRedgeographics · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1951 Chinese annexation of Tibet王文琪 (Wang Wenqi) · Public domain
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of RussiaPeter the Great · Public domain
- First Indochina WarMohamed Ajjani · CC BY 3.0
- Hạ Long BayTaewangkorea · CC BY-SA 4.0
