North Korea

1 conflicts · 1950–1953

$389B

Total US Spending

1

Conflicts

36,574

US Deaths

Troops Stationed

2,000,000

Civilian Deaths

0

Authorized

1

Unauthorized

US Conflicts Involving This Country

🗣️ What They Said

If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one piece of Asia after another.

President Harry Truman (1950) — domino theory that proved as wrong for Korea as it later would for Vietnam (Korean War)