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August 9, 2007	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
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Section sizes

Section size for Korean War (48 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	32,586	32,586
Names	2,671	2,671
Background	15	26,608
Imperial Japanese rule (1910–1945)	2,010	2,010
Korea divided (1945–1949)	5,829	5,829
Chinese Civil War (1945–1949)	1,286	1,286
Communist insurgency in South Korea (1948–1950)	5,431	5,431
Prelude to war (1950)	7,215	7,215
Comparison of forces	4,822	4,822
Course of the war	435	70,777
Operation Pokpung	3,767	3,767
Factors in U.S. intervention	4,294	4,294
United Nations Security Council resolutions	2,019	2,019
United States' response (July–August 1950)	4,547	4,547
The drive south and Pusan (July–September 1950)	7,419	7,419
Battle of Incheon (September 1950)	1,764	1,764
Breakout from the Pusan Perimeter	2,598	2,598
UN forces invade North Korea (September–October 1950)	3,977	3,977
China intervenes (October–December 1950)	8,801	8,801
Fighting around the 38th parallel (January–June 1951)	13,660	13,660
Stalemate (July 1951–July 1953)	5,295	5,295
Armistice (July 1953–November 1954)	4,146	4,146
Continued division (1954–present)	8,055	8,055
Characteristics	20	55,652
Casualties	7,824	26,357
Military	17,759	17,759
Civilian	774	774
U.S. unpreparedness	6,546	6,546
Armored warfare	2,134	2,134
Naval warfare	1,888	1,888
Aerial warfare	9,421	9,421
U.S. threat of atomic warfare	9,286	9,286
War crimes	5,815	5,815
Aftermath	73	12,228
North Korea	6,217	6,217
South Korea	2,543	2,543
Communism	3,395	3,395
See also	840	1,577
War memorials	737	737
Notes	24	24
References	16	45,523
Citations	37,133	37,133
Bibliography	8,374	8,374
External links	537	8,922
Historical	4,292	4,292
Media	1,650	1,650
Organizations	465	465
Memorials	1,978	1,978
Total	262,383	262,383

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