(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Korea was under Japanese rule before and during World War II, and was divided ...

More than seventy years after the conflict ended, the Korean War is referred to by many as "the Forgotten War". Sandwiched between the global turmoil and destruction of WWII and the political upheaval ...

The United States was caught by surprise when heavily-armed North Korean troops and tanks poured into South Korea on June 25, 1950. But the Chicago Tribune had predicted America’s enemies would pull ...

At dawn on June 25, 1950 — 75 years ago today — soldiers of the communist Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th parallel in a coordinated strike south into the non-communist Republic of Korea. Behind ...

Seventy-five years ago, on June 25, the Korean Peninsula became the front line for a global battle: that of tyranny versus liberty and autocracy versus democracy. From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, ...

Beginning just days after the first shots of the Korean War, in the summer of 1950, nearly 2 million Americans embarked on a daring crusade across the Pacific to halt the spread of communism in Asia ...

By the time Guy Black reached Busan in May, exhaustion had long settled into his knees and feet. Every kilometer seemed ...

It was really cold. So cold that you had to will your bones and muscles to move. Only the fear and the rush of adrenaline kept you from falling into a fatal slumber. Russ Carlson, then an 18-year-old ...

Korea: War without End is a thorough, comprehensive, and grippingly told history of the Korean War, by two prominent and experienced British military authors and commentators. They make a serious ...