Korean DMZ Conflict

Korean DMZ Conflict
Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold War

American and South Korean soldiers at the DMZ, on 26 August 1967.
Date5 October 1966 – 3 December 1969
(3 years, 1 month and 4 weeks)
Location
Result South Korean–American victory
Territorial
changes
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
 North Korea
Commanders and leaders
North Korea Kim Il Sung
Casualties and losses
South Korea:
299 killed
550 wounded[1]: 112 
1 patrol craft sunk[2]
United States:
81 killed
120 wounded
85 captured and later released[1]: 112 
2 jeeps destroyed
2 aircraft
1 technical research vessel captured
397 killed
At least 23 wounded
33 captured and defected
12 soldiers and 2,462 agents captured [1]: 112 
Third Republic of Korea 47 civilians killed

The Korean DMZ Conflict, also referred to as the Second Korean War by some,[3][4] 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).

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Marta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Mitchell Lerner (December 2010). "'Mostly Propaganda in Nature:' Kim Il Sung, the Juche Ideology, and the Second Korean War" (PDF). The North Korea International Documentation Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ^ Cosmas, Graham (2009). The Joint Chiefs of Staff and The War in Vietnam 1960–1968 Part 3 (PDF). Office of Joint History Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. p. 152. ISBN 978-1482378696.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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