The Korean War has often been neglected by historians. In the USA, it is known as the ‘forgotten war’, largely due to the fact that the Vietnam War subsequently overshadowed this first real test of the newly-created United Nations (UN). The Korean War has particular resonance due to the recent tension between the two nations. The other curious aspect to this conflict is that, technically, the two leading participants are still at war — the ‘end’ of this encounter on 27 July 1953 was only an agreed truce, not an official treaty.
The history of modern Korea is one of occupation by foreign powers. Since 1910, the peninsula had been occupied by Japan. This continued until the latter’s defeat in 1945. This occupation was often brutal and the local population resisted under the auspices of the Korean Independence Movement.
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