인민군이 1950년 6월25일 새벽에 대한민국(한국)을 처들어 오자 7월이 되기 전에 

국군은 괴멸되었다. 말하자면 뿔뿔이 흩어져서 지휘체계가 없어진 상황이다. 

이후로 국군은 미군 휘하로 들어가고 전쟁은 미8군 지휘하에 진행되었다. 인민군과 

미군의 싸움이었다.

9월중순 낙동강 전투에서 인민군은 퇴각하기 시작 했다. 9월18일 인천상륙 작전으로 

인민군은 독안에 든 쥐가 되었다. 사실상 인민군이 전쟁초의 국군 꼴이 되었다. 지휘 불가능

한 오합지졸이었다. 10월1일, 미군은 북진 했다. 중공군이 들어와 전쟁을 도 맡았다. 전쟁은 

미군과 중공군의 싸움이 되었다.

한국은 엄연한 선진국이다. 이제는 한국전쟁이 국군 주도의 전쟁인 것처럼 인식 하려 하지 

않아도 되지 않을 까?

Let's refresh our memory with the help of Wikipedia, the most reliable source.

Korean War

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For other conflicts and wars involving Korea, see List of Korean battles. For the conflict from 1945 to the present, see Korean conflict.

"6/25" redirects here. For the date, see June 25.

Korean War  In South Korea: (6·25 전쟁, 한국 전쟁) In North Korea: (조국해방전쟁)
Part of the Cold War and the Korean conflict
Clockwise from top: A column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division's infantry and armor moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir UN landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of the Battle of Incheon Korean refugees in front of a U.S. M46 Patton tank U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft
Date 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (de facto) (3 years, 1 month and 2 days) 25 June 1950 – present (de jure) (71 years) Location Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–North Korea border Result Inconclusive Territorial changes Korean Demilitarized Zone established North Korea gains the city of Kaesong, but loses a net total of 3,900 km2 (1,500 sq mi), including the city of Sokcho, to South Korea.[14]
Belligerents
South Korea  United Nations[a] show Combat Support show Medical Support[5] show Other Support	North Korea  China  Soviet Union show Supported by:
Commanders and leaders
Rhee Syng-man  Chung Il-kwon  Paik Sun-yup  Shin Sung-mo  Harry S. Truman  Dwight D. Eisenhower  Robert A. Lovett  Douglas MacArthur  Matthew Ridgway  Mark W. Clark  Clement Attlee  Winston Churchill	Kim Il-sung  Pak Hon-yong  Choe Yong-gon  Kim Chaek †  Mao Zedong  Peng Dehuai  Chen Geng  Deng Hua  Joseph Stalin  Georgy Malenkov  Pavel Zhigarev
Strength
Peak strength:  602,902[15]  326,863[16]  14,198[17][18]  8,123[19]  5,453[17]  2,282[17]  1,496[17]  1,385[17]  1,290[20]  1,271[21]  1,263[17][21]  1,185[21]  1,068[17]  900[17]  826[17]  819[17]  346[22]  170[20]  120[7]  105[20]  100[20]  72[20]  44[17] Together: 972,334 Total:  1,780,000[23]	Peak strength:  1,450,000[24][25]  266,600[26]  26,000[27] Together: 1,742,000 Total:  2,970,000[28]  72,000[27]
Casualties and losses
Total dead and missing:170,927 dead and 32,585 missing (162,394 South Koreans, 36,574 Americans, 4,544 others) Total wounded: 566,434 show Details	Total dead and missing:398,000–926,000 dead and 145,000+ missing (335,000–526,000 North Koreans, 208,729–400,000 Chinese, 299 Soviet) Total wounded: 686,500 show Details
Total civilians killed: 2–3 million (est.)[46][47] South Koreans: 990,968 total casualties[20] North Koreans:  1,550,000 total casualties (est.)[20]

The Korean War (South Korean Korean: 6.25 전쟁, 한국전쟁; Hanja: 6.25 戰爭, 韓國戰爭; RR: Yugio Jeonjaeng, Hanguk Jeonjaeng, lit. "6/25 War" or "Korean War"; North Korean Korean: 조국해방전쟁; Hanja: 祖國解放戰爭; MR: Choguk haebang chŏnjaeng, "Fatherland Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)^[48][49][d] was a war between North Korea, with military support from China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by personnel from the United Nations (principally the United States). The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and insurrections in the south.^[51][52][53] The war ended unofficially on 27 July 1953 in an armistice.

After the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, on 15 August (officially 2 September) 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into two zones of occupation. The Soviets administered the northern zone and the Americans administered the southern zone. In 1948, as a result of Cold Wartensions, the occupation zones became two sovereign states. A socialist state was established in the north under the totalitarian leadership of Kim Il-sung and a capitalist state in the south under the authoritarian leadership of Syngman Rhee. Both governments of the two new Korean states claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea, and neither accepted the border as permanent.

North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA) forces crossed the border and drove into South Korea on 25 June 1950.^[54] The United Nations Security Council denounced the North Korean move as an invasion and authorized the formation of the United Nations Command and the dispatch of forces to Korea^[55] to repel it.^[56][57] The Soviet Union was boycotting the UN for recognising Taiwan as China,^[58]and China was not recognised by the UN, so neither could support the People's Republic of Korea(PRK). Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel.^[59]

After the first two months of war, South Korean Army (ROKA) and American forces hastily dispatched to Korea were on the point of defeat, retreating to a small area behind a defensive line known as the Pusan Perimeter. In September 1950, a risky amphibious UN counteroffensive was launched at Incheon, cutting off KPA troops and supply lines in South Korea. Those who escaped envelopment and capture were forced back north. UN forces invaded North Korea in October 1950 and moved rapidly towards the Yalu River—the border with China—but on 19 October 1950, Chinese forces of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu and entered the war.^[54] UN retreat from North Koreaafter the First Phase Offensive and the Second Phase Offensive, then Chinese forces were in South Korea by late December.

In these and subsequent battles, Seoul was captured four times, and communist forces were pushed back to positions around the 38th parallel, close to where the war had started. After this, the front stabilized, and the last two years were a war of attrition. The war in the air, however, was never a stalemate. North Korea was subject to a massive US bombing campaign. Jet fighters confronted each other in air-to-air combat for the first time in history, and Soviet pilots covertly flew in defense of their communist allies.

The fighting ended on 27 July 1953 when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed. The agreement created the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to separate North and South Korea, and allowed the return of prisoners. However, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the two Koreas are technically still at war, engaged in a frozen conflict.^[60][61] In April 2018, the leaders of North and South Korea met at the DMZ^[62] and agreed to work toward a treaty to formally end the Korean War.^[63]

The Korean War was among the most destructive conflicts of the modern era, with approximately 3 million war fatalities and a larger proportional civilian death toll than World War II or the Vietnam War. It incurred the destruction of virtually all of Korea's major cities, thousands of massacres by both sides, including the mass killing of tens of thousands of suspected communists by the South Korean government, and the torture and starvation of prisoners of war by the North Koreans. North Korea became among the most heavily bombed countries in history.

What a painful memory to all of us!!!!

Such vivid memories are permanently embedded in my brain even senile dementia wouldn't be able to take/erase away to be sure!!!

Yes, once is more than enough for all of us and we all are here as the fallout outcome of it, aren't we!?

Bless Korea, no more war!!!

BB Lee