What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Just as a relevant person in the US military commented after the war, "this war is a wrong war launched at the wrong time and the wrong enemy," and it is conceivable that the Korean War was extremely disgraceful to the Americans and had multiple effects on the United States.
Panmunjom armistice agreement signed
According to relevant information, a total of 36,574 AMERICAN troops were killed in this war, in addition to more than 100,000 wounded, missing or captured, such casualties caused a huge shock in the United States. Not only that, the U.S. military invested a total of $284.8 billion in the Korean War, more than ten times the investment of New China, and finally with the signing of the armistice agreement, the original purpose of the United States was also destroyed, and hundreds of billions of dollars were also lost.
Secondly, this war adversely affected the international prestige of the United States, the US military became the world's superpower after World War II, but in the Korean War, it was beaten back to the south of the "38th Line" by the newly established "poor and white" New China, and was forced to sign an armistice agreement, which greatly reduced the strength and prestige of the United States among his "little brothers" or allies.
In the more than one hundred years from the founding of the United States to the end of World War II, the United States has basically never lost in large-scale wars on a foreign scale, especially in the period of World War II, the United States was able to fight with Japan and Germany on two fronts, which shows that it has a large military foundation. The defeat in the Korean War put pressure on the Truman administration, which was soon deposed. In addition, the Korean War discredited the famous five-star generals of the US Military in World War II and had an important impact on the US political arena.
After the Korean War, the United States had to re-examine its attitude toward New China and had to adjust its global strategy. According to relevant data, between the end of the Korean War and 1955, the United States established 450 military bases in 36 countries around the world, the number of US troops increased to 2 times that of the previous, the scale of military expenditure was huge, and the financial pressure on the United States was increasing.
In addition, this war also affected the military reform of the US military, so that the United States consciousness in the local war the United States is not the so-called war invincible, with the opening of the cold war prelude, the United States stepped up the development of missile nuclear weapons, and the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union intensified. At the same time, the war also made the United States notice the development of night vision goggles and other technologies that are conducive to night combat.
Chinese Volunteer Army occupied Seoul
The Korean War has cast a great "psychological shadow" on the United States, and since then, the United States has not dared to engage in direct direct confrontation with China, and even in the entire Vietnam War, the US military has not dared to cross the red line. All in all, the Korean War must have been a disgraceful war for the United States, and the lessons for the United States were profound.