Korean War/Definition
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(1950-1953) war on the Korean peninsula in which about 3 million people died (mostly civilians) two years after the surrender of Japan at the end of WW II; begin when North Korea, backed by China, attempted to overrun South Korea, which had been under the control of U.S.-led United Nations forces.