War in Korea Trivia Quiz

Answer: Japan

After the Japanese surrender, Korea was divided into US and Soviet occupation zones. Civilian administrations were set up in both halves of the country mirroring those of the occupying powers, a situation that made war more or less inevitable.

Answer: 38th

The 38th Parallel marks both the approximate middle of the Korean Peninsula and the stop line for the invading Soviet Army in 1945. It is an arbitrary divide; there was no cultural difference in 1945 between Koreans north of the line and ones south.

Answer: F-80 Shooting Star

The first confirmed kill was by Lieutenant Russell J. Brown on 8th November 1950, flying a Lockheed Shooting Star, an aircraft somewhat less capable than the MiG-15 that it shot down. Although a very capable aircraft, the F-80 was generally a bit outclassed by the more advanced MiG-15 and was demoted to ground attack duties.

Answer: The Pusan Perimeter

The battle of the Pusan Perimeter started in early August 1950 and slowed the North Korean advance to a full stop, after which enough US reinforcements had been delivered through Pusan (Busan) to allow a successful counterattack which threw back the NKA invaders.

Answer: Incheon

Operation Chromite, as it was known was led by General Douglas McArthur of WW2 fame. It was the biggest seaborne assault of the war and led to the rapid fall of Seoul and a rout of the North Korean Army. It would be McArthur's last military operation before he was relieved of his command by President Truman after threatening to use nuclear weapons on North Korea.

Answer: Brazil

Troops from 23 separate countries participated in the Korean War, including Colombia, Greece and Ethiopia who all sent around 1000 men. Troops from all of the major continents were involved in the fighting.

Answer: 38

Only 38 US tanks were lost to enemy armour during the entire Korean War, although it should be pointed out that considerably more were lost to breakdowns, enemy rockets, artillery and mines. Tanks took on the role of infantry support in the difficult and close terrain of Korea.

Answer: The Peoples' Volunteer Army

The Chinese attack ran out of steam under merciless air and artillery attack, and a bitter to-and-fro conflict ranged through central Korea until the line stabilised around autumn 1951. Following this, the conflict fell into trench warfare and fierce battles over remote peaks, which went on with little change until the end of the war.

Answer: 1953

By early 1953, it was obvious to both sides that the war had bogged down into stalemate and no clear outcome was going to occur. On 27th July 1953, both sides met at Panmunjom to sign the Korean Armistice Agreement, bringing the fighting, but not the war, to an end.

Answer: Exchange war dead

It was set up to return the war dead of the conflict and resulted in the exchange of over 4000 US and Allied bodies for 13,500 KPA/CCA ones. 416 UN casualties remained unidentified; they are buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Remains are still being exchanged between the combatants to this day.