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Many people once regretted the history of the early days of the Korean War, because the North Korean troops had almost driven the "coalition army" led by the United States into the sea, and they seemed to be so close to the final victory, but they were far away from the sky, but in the end they still broke the sand in the "Busan Defense Circle", so why did the Koreans finally lose so far away from the victory? What did the Americans think of the reason why the North Koreans did not win a complete victory?
From destruction to defeat
It can be said that the Korean troops' progress from the early stage of the war to the subsequent defeat and retreat is closely related to the victory of the Allied forces at the Inchon Landing on September 15, 1950, which cut off the KPA's rear road and cut off all supplies. The North Korean forces on the front line collapsed within a few days, and the situation was changed in an instant, which was the main reason why North Korea could not completely win the victory and drive the coalition forces to the sea.
But north Korea's failure was not just the success of the Inchon landings, because they were already facing a lot of difficulties.
Persistence in difficult situations
Because the KPA at this time had been fighting for nearly three months, although the momentum was like a rainbow and destroyed, before the Inchon landing, the coalition forces defending the "Busan Defense Circle" had already begun a counter-offensive, and the two sides had entered a stalemate stage, and it can be said that the KPA at this time was no longer able to attack.
Their troops were sleepy and tired, and many of the recruits recruited in South Korea had no intention of fighting, and desertion was serious. At the same time, the increase in supply lines and the indiscriminate bombardment of the US Air Force have caused great losses, whether it is the replenishment of soldiers or the transportation of equipment, or the industrial areas and transportation hubs in the rear, and the front-line troops have been unable to fight again without great replenishment.
The forces of the two sides were at the same time, and just when the KPA was in trouble, the coalition forces began to land in the southern part of the peninsula with sophisticated equipment from all over the world, or waited for the landing at Inchon. On the one hand, the soldiers were tired, the number of wounds and illnesses increased, the replenishment was scarce, and it was difficult to fight without an air force. On the one hand, it has a living force, excellent equipment, deep wealth, and obvious technological advantages. Therefore, the reason why the North Korean forces could not completely drive the coalition forces out of the sea was the final result of the intertwining of various factors.
After they lose the ability to blow up, it becomes very difficult.
The U.S. military has no view of the other side breaking through the defensive line
At that time, some people in the US military also believed that the reason why their opponents did not break through the Busan defense circle was that they did not arrange their own troops, and if they could concentrate their superior forces to attack several strongholds of the defensive position with all their strength, then the coalition forces that were obviously insufficient in the early days of the Busan defense war would certainly not be able to overwhelm, and the Koreans would have a much better chance of winning.
But if that were the case, wouldn't there have been bombing by Coalition aircraft in areas of heavy concentration? That will surely be a living target. Therefore, any war in history is full of countless coincidences and accidental factors, which may be called warplanes, if it is seized, it is impossible to imagine if it is lost.
In fact, war is not simple, in the battlefield full of smoke and smoke, any small factor may tilt the sky of war, and when many factors begin to tilt, then one side may face the final defeat, even if it was once so devastated, seemingly invincible. But once the initial advantage was lost, the soldiers began to face insufficient troops, the soldiers were tired, the supplies were cut off, and there was no air force, and the embarrassment of not having the air force would encounter accidents, and the success of a Landing at Inchon was like a final thunderous blow, so that the Korean troops on the front line were on the verge of collapse within a few days, perhaps this is the cruelty of war, the epitome of history!
References: 1. "The Korean War in the Eyes of Americans - David Haberstam"
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