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Second Korean War
Part of the Great Interlude
Korea-PreWar
Date November 5, 2004 - April5, 2005
(3 years, 7 months, 3 days)
Location Korean Peninsula, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea
Causes - North Korean nuclear program
- South Korean military buildup
- Second Chinese Civil War
Result
Southern Victory
- Unification of Korea
- Formation of the AEDU
Dissolution of the DPRK
Belligerents
NKorea-Flag North Korea

Supported by:
PRC-Flag People's Republic of China (2004-2007)

SKorea-Flag South Korea
USA-Flag50 United States

Supported by:
EU-NormalFlag European Union
Japan-Flag Japan
OR-Flag Oceanic Republic

Commanders
NKorea-Flag Kim Man-Il
NKorea-Flag Ri-hwan
NKorea-Flag Kim Il-chol †
NKorea-Flag Kim Yong-chun †

PRC-Flag Guo Boxiong
SKorea-Flag Lee Hoi-chang
SKorea-Flag Cho Yung-kil
SKorea-Flag Kim Jong-hwan
USA85 Jeb Bush
USA85 Al Gore

EU-NormalFlag Nico Lorenz
Japan-Flag Junichiro Koizumi
OR-Flag John Howard
Strength
NKorea-Flag 2,900,000
PRC-Flag 150,000

Total: 3,050,000

SKorea-Flag 2,300,000
USA85 100,000
EU-NormalFlag 10,000
Japan-Flag 7,500
OR-Flag 2,000

Total: 2,419,500

Casualties and losses
675,000 dead


820,000 wounded or captured


Total: 1,495,000

630,000 dead


640,000 wounded or captured


Total: 1,270,000

Civilian casualties: ~1,500,000

The Second Korean War (in Korean: 통일 전쟁, "War of National Reunification") was a war fought between North Korea (with partial support from the People's Republic of China) and South Korea (with the support of the United States and partial support from the European Union, Japan, and the Oceanic Republic). The war was a result of half a century long period of tension between the south and North. It finally broke out into an all out war on November 5, 2004 with an invasion of Seoul via underground tunnels, allowing the KPA to surprise and overwhelm ROK and US troops. After a half year long period of bloody conflict that resulted in the deaths of 4 million people in total and two nuclear strikes by the DPRK, the war came to end with the capture of Pyongyang and arrest of Kim Man-il

Background[]

Since the end of the First Korean War (1950-1953), the two Koreas had been firmly divided along the 38th parallel north, establishing a highly-militarized border. While the war had devastated both countries, neither renounced their claims to the other half of the peninsula, and continued to support themselves as the legitimate government.

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