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When in 1950 the United Nations called upon its members to provide aid to South Korea, more than forty nations responded. Some of these sent troops which fought under the United Nations Command, some sent commodities and medical supplies. Some nations offered moral and political support but for a variety of reasons were not able to send aid. This book looks at the nations involved, what was behind their willingness to provide troops or aid, or what prevented them from doing so. The military contribution of the nations involved is discussed. The combination of troops, and their individual needs, made the logistics of this enterprise difficult, but in the end troops from 17 nations fought together to defend the freedom of South Korea.
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: McFarland (August 27, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786474572
ISBN-13: 978-0786474578
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches
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UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPANTS IN THE KOREAN WAR: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 45 MEMBER COUNTRIESPAUL M. EDWARDSMCFARLAND PUBLISHING, 2013QUALITY SOFTCOVER, $39.95, 216 PAGES, PHOTOGRAPHS, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEXKorea was the first major battleground, the first international hot war, of the Cold War-era. From the point of view of the nations of the self-styled "Free World," the war was a confrontation between those countries espousing personal freedom and those nations espousing a totalitarian anthill. According to the vision of those nations residing behind the Iron Curtain, the conflict was between countries advocating Marx and those advocating Mammon. The clash of ideologies lasted three years and one month, involved 19 nations as combatants, and resulted in at least 1.5 million deaths, making it the fifth deadliest war of the 20th Century-after the two world wars, the Chinese Civil War, and the Vietnam War.While the United States provided the overwhelming majority of air assets for the U.N. forces in Korea, other United Nations countries also provided air force units to the war. At a cost of 152 aircraft lost, land-based friendly foreign aircraft flew 44,873 sorties, including 6,063 close air support, and 15,359 interdiction missions where they expended 20,000 tons of bombs, rockets, ammunition, and napalm. During their 3,025 counter-air sorties, including escort of bombers over North Korea, they destroyed three enemy aircraft. They also flew 6,578 cargo missions and 13,848 miscellaneous flights.The peak strength of U.N. ground forces in Korea stood at 932,539 personnel on 31 July 1953-590,911 from the Republic of Korea Army and Marines, 302,483 from the U.S. Army and Marines, and 39,145 from other U.N. countries.
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