The Korean Peninsula, since the end of World War II, has become a "land of right and wrong" in Northeast Asia. Because of its geographical location between several great powers, the land has been in constant strife for more than half a century, and relations between the North and the South have been tense and sometimes relaxed.
The military demarcation line between the two Koreas
"Majestic, exuberant, across the Yalu River." In the early 1950s, the "United Nations Army" led by the United States openly crossed the 38th Parallel of Korea in an attempt to eliminate North Korea and realize the "reunification" of the North and the South. At this time, the CPC Central Committee immediately realized the crisis of the situation in Korea, and Mao Zedong of the CPC Central Committee believed that once the "United Nations Army" pushed the front line to the border between China and the DPRK, it would definitely pose a serious threat to the security of the northeast industrial zone, and Taiwan's Kuomintang would also take the opportunity to counterattack Fujian, and the achievements of China's democratic revolution were likely to be destroyed! Therefore, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ordered the dispatch of the Chinese Volunteer Army to fight in North Korea and drive the "United Nations Army" back to the south of the 38th Line to protect the security of China's border.
the Chinese Volunteer Army entered the Korean War
So, what really happened on the Korean Peninsula before that, and why did the "United Nations Army" intervene in the situation on the Korean Peninsula?
In 1945, Japan surrendered in defeat. The Soviet Union and the United States agreed to divide the Korean Peninsula into two, bounded by thirty-eight degrees north latitude, the area to the south for the surrender of the US army, and the north for the surrender area of the Soviet army. In 1948, the North-East Korea People's Democratic Republic was established with the support of the Soviet Union, with Kim Il Sung as its leader, while to the south was the "Republic of Korea" headed by Syngman Rhee and under the auspices of the United States. In the same year, the United Nations decided to unify the North and the South and to hold leadership elections in the north and south of the peninsula, but North Korea did believe that this was an "election" manipulated by the Americans, intended to annex North Korea, so it refused to participate in the so-called "elections" of the United Nations and expelled United Nations personnel.
Panmunjom negotiations
In fact, the United States and the Soviet Union were now competing for "turf" in Europe, in a vain attempt to get more European countries to join their camp. So the United States doesn't want to pay too much attention to the relatively barren land of the Korean Peninsula. Instead, he set his sights on Western Europe, where industrial zones are dense. However, the Soviet Union did not think so at this time, and most of the Soviet and Russian countries in the Soviet Union were extremely cold areas of Siberia, and there was a lot of ice along the coast. The other allied countries are largely landlocked and do not have any access to the sea. A country without an ice-free port must have no advantage in being attacked by another superpower. So the Soviet Union set its sights on Busan, a natural port in Northeast Asia. At this time, the United States had no time to look east, and if it supported North Korea in the so-called "reunification and liberation" war, then the Korean Peninsula would be reunified, and the Soviet Union would surely gain the right to garrison troops in the ice-free port. Therefore, after the independence of North Korea, the Soviet Union quickly sent a military advisory group to North Korea, provided a large amount of military assistance, and immediately transported guns and ammunition retired during World War II to the Korean Peninsula in the Far East. At the same time, many North Korean soldiers who graduated from the Moscow Military Academy also returned to their homeland and threw themselves into the so-called "liberation war".
General of the Korean People's Army
In June 1950, North Korea, under the orders of Kim Il Sung, marched south. A surprise attack on the South Korean army, most of which had received American equipment but had not received decent military training, coupled with the menacing north Korean army, the South Korean army quickly changed from a strategic defense to a major rout. Within three days, the capital, Seoul (present-day Seoul), had fallen, and U.S. forces on the Korean Peninsula had been disrupted by a surprise attack by the Korean People's Army. In August of the same year, the U.S.-Rok army withdrew to the east of the Nak River, and the Korean People's Army had occupied 90 percent of the peninsula.
Seoul fell on the third day of the outbreak of the Korean War
At this time, the US Department of Defense was impatient. On the one hand, President Truman and Congress have taken a wait-and-see attitude toward the situation on the peninsula. On the other hand, if the peninsula is reunified, it is bound to pose a threat to Japan and a serious threat to US interests in East Asia. Under the repeated pressure of the Ministry of National Defense, the United States finally proposed a resolution to use force against the DPRK at the United Nations, which coincided with the founding of New China, and the Soviet Union was in a quarrel with other permanent members on the issue of restoring the seat of the New China in the United Nations, so it refused to participate in the vote on the resolution. The United States thus adopted Resolution Eighty-Four by an absolutely overwhelming margin in the United Nations General Assembly to gain "legitimacy" for armed intervention in North Korea. In mid-September 1950, the "United Nations Army" led by the U.S. Army landed at Inchon and began a counteroffensive against the Korean People's Army. At this time, due to the long front of the Korean People's Army and the lack of defense in the Inchon area, the strategic depth was divided into two, and the southern army could not return to the reinforcement, resulting in the rapid collapse of the Korean People's Army. The U.S. military took this opportunity and went north to the 38th Parallel, continuing to advance north in defiance of the Chinese government's warnings.
After Peng Dehuai entered the DPRK, he met with Kim Il Sung
In October 1950, Kim Il Sung asked China for help, and China immediately realized the problem of "cold lips and teeth". That is, if the UNITED Nations army attacks the banks of the Yalu River, it is bound to pose a national defense threat to the northeast region of China, and it will also give taiwan the Opportunity for the Kuomintang Army to counterattack the mainland. Therefore, Mao Zedong of the CPC Central Committee resolutely sent troops, "one punch to open, lest a hundred punches come" Chinese People's Volunteer Army immediately used its own strength to fight international prestige, and also laid the foundation for the subsequent stabilization of the international situation in Northeast Asia. China has achieved peaceful and stable development for more than 70 years!
Chinese and North Korean troops occupy Seoul
The Korean War, which lasted three years, ended with the signing of the Panmunjom Ceasefire Agreement between the United Nations forces and the Chinese and North Korean sides. The war not only brought deep disasters to the local civilian population, but also caused countless soldiers from other countries to be buried in foreign countries, and the U.S. army, known as the "world policeman," preserved the "security" of their so-called allies in East Asia after burying the lives of hundreds of thousands of young Americans. Chinese people love peace, but they are not afraid of war and aggression. Every war and bloodshed of the Chinese army must be fought for independence and sovereignty!