Hidden war, the Soviet Union and the United States clashed as the two Koreas

On 25 June 1950, the war began between North and South Korea. If the causes of armed conflict in General is clear, the course of events, especially in the first stage, a little-known and extremely controversial. Interpretation of the sources of the different parties are often directly opposite. Members have traditionally shifted on each other the responsibility for the outbreak of hostilities. The conflict, which is often seen as a proxy war between the US, on the one hand, and the Soviet Union with China, on the other, lasted more than three years and resulted in significant casualties and destruction, returning to the DPRK and South Korea to their original positions.