THE KOREAN WAR STATISTICS
By the Numbers
Population
Population of Korea in 1950: 30 million
Population of North Korea in 1950: 9 million
Population of South Korea in 1950: 21 million9
Geography
Length of Korea: almost 600 miles
Width of Korea: 200 miles at its widest, 90 miles at its narrowest
Total land area of Korea: 85,000 square miles
Total coastline of Korea: 5,600 miles11
Political Imprisonment
Political prisoners in South Korea by 1947: 22,000 (twice as many as under the Japanese occupation)8
Estimated number of leftist political prisoners executed by South Korean police and military in the "Summer of Terror" of 1950: at least 100,000 (historians consider this a "very conservative" estimate)10
War Involvement
Estimated strength of the North Korean army in 1950: 135,000 men
Estimated strength of the South Korean army in 1950: 95,000 men12
Number of non-American troops from other UN member states sent to aid South Korea: about 40,000
Number of British Commonwealth troops sent to aid South Korea: about 20,000
Number of American troops sent to aid South Korea: 5,720,00014
5百72萬美國軍人被送到南韓的出處:
14 Richard Whelan, Drawing the Line: The Korean War, 1950-1953 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990), 153.
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Deaths
Number of Americans killed in the Korean War: 36,000 --- 這個數字 顯然是不識數的人弄出來的~!
Number of Americans wounded in the Korean War: 105,000
Number of South Koreans killed in the Korean War: 415,000
Number of South Koreans wounded in the Korean War: 429,000
Estimated number of Chinese and North Koreans killed in the Korean War: 1,500,00013
在華盛頓DC 韓戰紀念碑建成於 July 27, 1995,
此後一直到近年來,實際死亡數字還在增加, 不止 54246人
https://www.shmoop.com/korean-war/statistics.html?
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US Troops Statistics:
Source: Dept. of Defense
US Deaths:
Hostile: 33,739
Non-Hostile: 2,835
Total In-Theatre: 36,574
US Wounded in Action - 103,284
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/world/asia/korean-war-fast-facts/index.html?
美軍及聯合國軍 參戰總人數
Total: 972,214 美軍及聯合國軍 參戰總人數
US-UN Casualties and losses | |
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Total: 178,405 dead and 32,925 missing |
32925 --- 這個數字 顯然是不識數的人弄出來的~!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Troop statistics
Engraved on granite blocks near the water pool at the east end of the monument are the casualty statistics for the soldiers who fought in the war.
- Dead — United States: 54,246,[9] United Nations: 628,833[10]
- Wounded — United States: 103,284, United Nations: 1,064,453.
- Captured — United States: 7,140, United Nations: 92,970.
- Missing — United States: 8,177,[11][12] United Nations: 470,267.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War_Veterans_Memorial