| Here is a good translation of the statistics from Henry Chiang (many thanks!) Cookie Sewell AMPS * * * |
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- Subject: Korean war statistics from China
- From: "Henry" <henry@gibraltar-semi.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:33:30 -0800
Cookie, Here is a quick translation. -Henry http://auto.sdtv.com.cn/kmyc/huigu/jief4.htm Military personels At the end of the war, there were about 3 million armed forces from both side. US had 1/3 of army, 1/5 of the air force, and nearly 1/2 of the navy personnel in Korean war. China volunteer force had 19 divisions with 1.34 Million at the peak. War Results UPI war statistics (Oct. 25, 1953) showed that UN KIA was 1.47 million. Korean Defense Ministry (History of Korean War) and Japan's War History Magazine showed that KIA was 1.16 million. >From the book, History of the China People Volunteer Armed Force to Korea published in 1988, the statistics are UN KIA by both China and North Korea - 1.09 Million (including KIA by NK prior to China participation - 136,000). US KIA - 390,000 ROK KIA - 660,000 Others - 20,000 China Casualty Total KIA and WIA were 360,000 (KIA 115,000, WIA 221,000 and accidental death and disease and others 25,000), MIA and POW were 29,000. War Consumption US 73 million tons of material. Cost 83 billion USD. China 5.6 million tons of material. Cost 6.25 billion RMB. Withdraw Bulletin from CPVA HQ (March 12, 1958) indicated that the CPVA will pullout from Korea before the end of December 1958. The pullout consists three stages. First pullout will be completed by April 30th, a total of 6 divisions (Shi) with 80,000 personnel. Second stage consists 6 divisions and special armed forces with 10,000 personnel and pullout by August 14th. Third stage consists volunteer HQ, 3 division, and the supporting personal with 70,000 personal and will be completed by October 26th.