Korean War

The '''Korean War''' was a conflict on [[Earth]] between the nations of [[North Korea]] and [[South Korea]] from [[1950]] to [[1953]]. Leading up to the war, during the period following [[World War II]], tensions had risen between the totalitarian North Korea, backed by the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]], and its southern neighbor, who was supported by the [[United States of America|United States]] and other democratic allies. It was the first major proxy war of the [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]] that took place between the major powers during the latter half of the 20th Century.

Open hostilities began on [[June 25|25 June]] 1950 when the North Korean army pushed south across the two nations' common border, and ended just over three years later on [[July 27|27 July]] 1953 with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

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===Marvel Comics continuity===

====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====

At some point during the Korean War, Sergeant [[Sparkplug Witwicky|"Sparkplug" Witwicky]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]] was taken prisoner by North Korea's Korean People's Army (KPA), who put him to work repairing their equipment. But unbeknownst to his captors, he sabotaged the equipment they had forced him to work on, causing the the North Koreans to suffer losses due to his handiwork. Years later, when he was taken captive by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and forced to create a system where the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] could convert regular gasoline into [[Transformer fuel]], he recalled his time as a POW and took similar measures, sabotaging the Decepticons by poisoning their fuel. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} {{storylink|The Last Stand}}