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Article: The flashpoints where they did their duty.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2002
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Byline: NICK CRAVEN
BRITISH soldiers have fought and died in many theatres of war in the last 50 years, some well-known, others obscure.
These are the conflicts whose victims - or their dependants - are likely to benefit from the pensions ruling.
Korean War: Just over 1,000 British servicemen - nearly all soldiers - died in the conflict between 1950 and 1953.
More than 57,000 fought with other Western troops as part of an American-led UN force.
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, crossing the 38th Parallel demarcation line. Troops from 15 nations drove the invaders back to the Chinese border.
China ...