In June 1950, the Korean Peninsula was full of war clouds, and the two sides of the confrontation finally engaged in a large-scale armed confrontation, and the Korean War officially began.
This war has the shadow of the United States and the Soviet Union competing for spheres of influence in East Asia, and they all want to exert influence on the region, but the direct dispatch of troops to garrison it does not seem to be in line with the international environment at that time, after all, after the end of World War II, the United Nations was established, the people of the world were extremely sensitive to the stationing of troops in other countries, and the United States and the Soviet Union did not want to provoke the nerves of the world at this time.
So how can you not send troops to occupy it, but also pull the Korean Peninsula into its own sphere of influence?
Nurturing agents is the best option.
The Soviet Union chose Kim Il Sung and the United States chose Syngman Rhee.
In 1908, Japan completely occupied the Korean Peninsula, and the ancient Lee Dynasty of Korea collapsed. Three years later, Kim Il Sung was born, and as a child, he moved with his parents to live in Linjiang and Jindaogou in Jilin, northeast China. At the age of 11, he returned to his birthplace of Mankyeongdae in Pyongyang to study, and returned to China two years later.
Kim Il Sung, 13, vowed that "North Korea will not be independent and will never return." He joined the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition in China, and in 1945, at the age of 33, Kim Il Sung and his Korean comrades returned to their homeland, when North Korea was not fully unified.
And in the same year, a man named "
Syngman Rhee
The old man, aged 70, also fantasizes about being able to unite a group of like-minded people with his own strength and realize his long-cherished wish to unify Korea. Syngman Rhee's experience was complex, as he colluded with Japan in 1899 and was imprisoned by the Lee Dynasty of Korea until 1904. After his release from prison, he went to treason and received a doctorate in philosophy from Princeton University. In 1919, he became president of the puppet Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Later, in spite of the strong desire of the Korean people for independence, he went so far as to overture to the United States and demand that the "League of Nations" entrust Korea, causing public indignation, and in 1925, he was forced to step down and went into exile in the United States.
In 1945, after the U.S. occupation of southern Korea, Syngman Rhee was promoted to "President of the Republic of Korea."
Syngman Rhee once said that he had spent his life searching to become a savior for the Korean nation, and the support of the Americans made him feel that he had finally found this kind of strength to rely on.
However, the reality is that the Soviet Union also supported the regime headed by the leader of the Workers' Party kim Il Sung north of the 38th Parallel, and the two governments in North and South Korea have different systems and policies.
How to achieve the reunification of the DPRK is a serious disagreement on its own. The North initially wanted to achieve reunification through peaceful negotiations and the establishment of a coalition government, but this was incompatible with Rhee's consistent concept of "force." On December 25, 1948, Soviet troops withdrew from Korea, but the situation on the peninsula became increasingly tense. From January to April 1949, Syngman Rhee's army in South Korea provoked 37 military frictions near the 38th Line, and secretly mobilized 40,000 troops near the 38th Line.
This put a great deal of pressure on Kim Il Sung in the north. For security reasons, Kim Il Sung twice requested the Soviet side to conclude a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance between the DPRK and the Soviet Union and asked for assistance in weapons.
Stalin considered that the United States might use this as an excuse to attack the Soviet Union, but did not agree. In desperation, Kim Il Sung visited the Soviet Union several times to explain the facts to Stalin in the ever-changing and crisis-ridden situation on the Korean Peninsula.
In the face of the frequent actions of Syngman Rhee of South Korea, the reality that the army was pressed near the 38th Line, the Soviet Union began to support Kim Il Sung to adopt the method of armed reunification, on the other hand, the Soviet Union adopted paid assistance to Kim Il Sung, and the North Korean side exchanged 9 tons of gold, 40 tons of silver and 15,000 tons of other ore for 138 million rubles worth of Soviet weapons and ammunition equipped with three divisions, and at the same time, the Soviet Union helped Kim Il Sung to expand its army, and the army increased to 90,000 people.
At this time, Kim Il Sung still did not abandon the idea of peaceful reunification; at the initiative of the Workers' Party of Korea, 72 political parties and social organizations in North and South Korea formed a united national united front of the motherland, adopted a declaration, put forward a specific plan, and advocated peaceful reunification.
But "the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not stopping". Since 1946, the United States has identified Korea as part of its sphere of influence and occupied it militarily as a bridgehead against the Soviet Union. Although the United States also withdrew its troops from Korea in June 1949, it provided huge military assistance to its spokesman, Syngman Rhee, early on.
Syngman Rhee believes that he has absolute superiority in force and supports it from the United States, and his dream of reunification by force is even stronger. In April 1950, the First Echelon of the South Korean Army deployed on the 38th Line consisted of five divisions, with three other divisions serving as offensive reserves.
Compared with the United States, the Soviet Side's enthusiasm for Kim Il-sung's material and equipment support is not high, and he always believes that excessive involvement in the situation in North Korea will trigger a strong reaction from the United States and may lead to World War III.
But then as the situation developed, the Soviet Union had to face reality, increased its assistance to Kim Il Sung, sent an advisory group, and contacted China in the hope that China would intervene in the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
On May 30, 1950, in the South Korean (South Korean) parliamentary elections, with only 45 seats in 210 seats, Syngman Rhee's Kuomintang won only 45 seats, and he had lost the legitimacy of his rule.
Faced with the dilemma of obedient agents wanting to step down, the US side can no longer sit still, and the US right-wing forces always want to contain the Soviet Union and China, and they feel that they need a war too much.
From September 1949 onwards, military frictions on the 38th Parallel continued to escalate, until civil war broke out, and armed conflicts reached 1836 times. At this point both sides had an incentive to start a war. On June 25, 1950, civil war finally broke out between the North and the South, which could no longer stand it. It should be said that the combat effectiveness of the Korean People's Army is far superior to that of the South Korean army, and the northern army quickly occupied a vast area south of the 38th Parallel and looked like it was about to achieve reunification.
However, Kim Il Sung did not expect the US army to attack suddenly, landed at Inchon, and stabbed the Korean People's Army in the back, and the situation on the battlefield took a sharp turn. The Korean People's Army was gradually defeated, and the "United Nations Army" led by the US military broke through all the way, burning the flames of war to the Yalu River and into northeast China.
On October 19, 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army "marched majestically and vigorously, crossed the Yalu River, and launched a two-year, nine-month, singable and wept battle to resist THE United States and aid Korea, defend the homeland."
Under the stubborn resistance and attack of the soldiers of our volunteer army, the United States, which has the largest military strength in the world, after investing "one-third of the army strength, one-fifth of the air force strength, and one-half of the naval strength," also had to bow its "noble head" and sign the "first undefeated" armistice agreement at The Platehead shop.