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It was one of the few times the Cold War went hot. The conflict on the Korean peninsula claimed millions of lives, and set the stage for the way both sides would view each other for years to come.

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| Newly uncovered documents reveal the Kremlin did more than supply arms to Pyongyang during the war.
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| Are Koreans a pawn in the Cold War conflict that still divides them? CNN's Sohn Jie-Ae reports from Seoul. |
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| The brief alliance between Mao and Stalin set the course for the West's management of the Cold War -- including Vietnam -- for decades.
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TIME: Policing the boundaries of chaos
July 10, 1950 PRAVDA: MacArthur: Organizer of bloodthirsty crimes
August 20, 1950
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After the armistice, 50,000 communist POWs were released; approximately two-thirds of the Chinese asked to go to Taiwan. Of 12,000 U.N. prisoners released by North Korea, 21 U.S. prisoners and one Scot chose to stay in China.
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