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Parent topics

• Central Intelligence Agency [r]: The principal civilian intelligence organization of the United States, specializing in all-source intelligence analysis, clandestine human-source intelligence, and covert action. [e]
• Cold War [r]: Geostrategic, economic and ideological struggle from about 1947 to 1991 between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies. [e]
• Foreign policy, Democratic People's Republic of Korea [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Foreign policy, People's Republic of China [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Foreign policy, Republic of Korea [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Foreign policy, United States [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Foreign policy, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Republic of Korea Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Republic of Korea Army [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Republic of Korea Navy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Republic of Korea Marine Corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United Nations Security Council [r]: One of the principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. [e]
• United States Air Force [r]: One of the uniformed services of the United States, with principal responsibility for land-based long-range and high-performance aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles [e]
• United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
• United States Navy [r]: That part of the United States Department of Defense responsible for combat on, over, and under water [e]
• United States Marine Corps [r]: A branch of the United States Armed Forces, with primary responsibilities as naval infantry and in amphibious warfare, are organized in Marine Air-Ground Task Forces capable of serving as up to corps headquarters with integrated close air support [e]

Subtopics

• Commonwealth Brigade [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Eighth United States Army [r]: Actually consisting of a reinforced division, this is the headquarters for U.S. Army forces in South Korea, but its four-star commander also commands United States Forces Korea and tje United Nations Command [e]
• Battle of Chosin Reservoir [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battle of Inchon [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MiG Alley [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pusan Perimeter [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Intelligence on the Korean War [r]: The collection and analysis, primarily by the United States with South Korean help, of information that predicted the 1950 invasion of South Korea, and the plans and capabilities of the enemy once the war had started [e]

Other related topics

• Dean Acheson [r]: An American diplomat (1893-1971) primarily responsible for shaping foreign policy during the Truman administration and early Cold War. [e]
• Ned Almond [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dwight D. Eisenhower [r]: (1890-1969) A career soldier who was the top Allied commander in Europe in World War II, and who later served as the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). [e]
• F9F (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F-80 (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F-86 Sabre (fighter) [r]: First-generation U.S.-designed fighter that was the first effective Korean War adversary to the MiG-15 (fighter) [e]
• George Kennan [r]: United States diplomat, authority on Soviet thinking, and head of the Policy Planning Staff of the United States Department of State. [e]
• Kim Il-Sung [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Korean War of 1592-1598 [r]: Fought on the Korean peninsula from 1592 to 1598 between Japan and the Chinese tributary alliance (Korea, China, Ryukyus, Java, etc.), and resulted in Japanese retreat. [e]
• Douglas MacArthur [r]: Senior U.S. Army commander in the Second World War, head of the Occupation of Japan, holder of the highest rank and highest honor for valor in the Army, yet relieved of command for insubordination [e]
• Mobile Army Surgical Hospital [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mao Zedong [r]: (1893–1976) Former Chairman of the People's Republic of China; military theorist most associated with protracted war [e]
• MiG-15 (fighter) [r]: A first-generation, Soviet-designed jet fighter used in the Korean War [e]
• Syngman Rhee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Matthew Ridgway [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James van Fleet [r]: Add brief definition or description
• T-34 (tank) [r]: Generally considered to be the best overall tank of the Second World War, this medium tank went into production in 1940 until replaced by the T-54 in 1949 [e]
• Harry S Truman [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Walton Walker [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Charles Willoughby [r]: Add brief definition or description