Korean War Memorial - World's Largest War Monument

Korean War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea is reportedly the largest war monument in the world. The complex opened in June 1994, is basically a museum cum memorial. The museum is divided into indoor and outdoor exhibits and contains about 9,000 artefacts.

The Indoor exhibition space  made up of seven halls covers an area of about 20,000 square meters. It not only contains exhibits of the Korean War of 1950-53 but also covers the entire history of warfare on the Korean peninsula.

The outdoor has several monuments plus the  vehicles, tanks, field artillery, air craft, armoured car, guns from warships, submarines, radar, etc. which were used in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War.

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The monument depicts two brothers divided by the ravages of war.

More info and source of info: Official Web Page

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