Korean War: No Longer Forgotten

Located on the 4th floor of the WMC, you will find images and posters where you can learn about the many phases of  the Korean War. This set of 15 Korean War Posters was produced and distributed by the Department of  Defense to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War. This conflict between the Democratic  People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million  persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied  and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. The United Nations, with the United States as the  principal participant, joined the war on the side of the South Koreans, and the People’s Republic of China  came to North Korea’s aid. After more than a million combat casualties had been suffered on both sides, the  fighting ended in July 1953 with Korea still divided into two hostile states. Negotiations in 1954 produced no  further agreement, and the front line has been accepted ever since as the de facto boundary between North  and South Korea.