Conflict in Korea Demitilarized Zone started in 1966–1969
Korean DMZ Conflict
Part of the Korean conflict
American and South Korean soldiers at the DMZ, on 26 August 1967.
Date
5 October 1966 – 3 December 1969 (3 years, 1 month and 4 weeks)
Location
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Result
South Korean–American victory
Return to the status quo
North Korean failure to ignite insurgency in South Korea
Territorial changes
No territorial changes
Belligerents
South Korea
United States
North Korea
Commanders and leaders
Park Chung Hee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Charles H. Bonesteel III
Kim Il Sung
Casualties and losses
South Korea: 299 killed 550 wounded[1]: 112 1 patrol craft sunk[2] United States: 75 killed 111 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
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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).
^ abcBolger, Daniel (1991). Scenes from an Unfinished War: Low intensity conflict in Korea 1966–1969(PDF). Diane Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0788112089. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Cite error: The named reference Marta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^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.
^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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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