The Korean War was a war of unprecedented scale. China invested a total of 780,000 troops, North Korea invested a total of 260,000 troops, and the Soviet Union invested a total of 26,000 troops (mainly pilots). The United States invested 480,000 troops in the navy, army and air force during the Korean War. South Korea invested 590,911 troops. The total number of troops of the other 15 countries of the United Nations was 134,694. More than 2 million troops from both sides fought a life-and-death duel on this small peninsula.
The impact of this war on the world continues to this day. The most direct impact is that the newly born China has passed this harsh test and re-emerged.
I read this book on the Korean War on a forum in China last year. The whole book is very exciting. The whole book has 30 chapters, which are reproduced here.