<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
25 June 1950 -- 27 July 1953