| Soviet troops -- combat troops -- were withdrawn in the 1948-1949 time frame at the same time post-war US troops were being withdrawn. Advisors that went in later were a different story and were not fully withdrawn until near the end of the Soviet Union. Soviet combat forces -- the VVS -- were never based in the DPRK but flew out of China. Chinese volunteers did not withdraw until 1955-1956. Cookie Sewell AMPS |