Cold War · TURNING POINT ·
Korean Armistice Agreement (1953)
On the Cold War map as “Armistice at Panmunjom”
27 Jul 1953 — After two years of talks and static slaughter, the war stops — no treaty, no peace, a 4-km-wide scar where it began. It is still there.
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- Korean War (chapter 4 of Cold War)
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- The Cold War, 1945–1991
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- Mao’s China
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