Speaking of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, many people have the impression that it was a battle between the Chinese volunteer army and the US army. But in fact, the actual situation is not so simple. Because the opponent of the Volunteer Army is the United Nations Army.
1. United Nations Forces
In ancient mainland china, wars emphasized that "divisions are famous," and the so-called "divisions are famous" means that foreign wars cannot be fought for no reason. In modern times, with the advent of international law and the launching of wars, there is often a need for certain bases - of course, these bases are not necessarily reasonable, and even many of them are forged, such as the Japanese claiming that three Japanese soldiers were lost before provoking the Lugou Bridge Incident.
The same was true of that war on the peninsula. The United States wanted to repair the north's forces, but the United States and the north of the peninsula were too far apart, so the United States used the north's desire to eat the south as an excuse, and in the name of the United Nations, gathered a "United Nations army" to attack the northern army. In this "United Nations Army", there are fifteen armies participating in the war, and among these countries, there are old imperialist countries, such as Britain, France, and the United States, and some funny countries, such as Turkey and Thailand, the most characteristic of which is Ethiopia. This is an African country, and after the Ethiopian army encountered our army, it was shocked by the combat effectiveness of our army.
In fact, from a certain point of view: this war on the peninsula almost mobilized the major countries in the world at that time to participate, so this war, as a miniature version of the "three wars", is not impossible.
2. Each pregnant with a ghost fetus
It is said that although the "United Nations Army" has fifteen troops participating, the only ones who really have the will to fight are the US military and the army in the southern part of the peninsula. Because the armies in the south of the peninsula knew that once the south failed, these armies were likely to lose their way out. Moreover, many of the southern armies were reorganized from the puppet armies of the Japanese occupation. The North was very hostile to such puppet armies, so once the southern regime was gone, these puppet armies would suffer. The U.S. military is the party that launched this war, so the will to fight is also very strong.
And the rest of these armies can be said to be unable to work hard, and they are purely here to mess with their lives.
I can't work on it
In addition to the U.S. and South Korean militaries, the motivations for not contributing can be said to be different.
Take the UK, for example. After World War II, although Britain gained the status of a victorious power, India disintegrated. The British Empire also became a legend. Even Britain, fearing the westward expansion of Soviet power, had to ally with the United States. Therefore, the US military is doing things on the peninsula, and Britain should also send troops to participate.
Although Britain declined, it was still the leader of the Commonwealth system. Therefore, led by britain, New Zealand and South Africa also sent troops to the peninsula. However, the armies of these countries are fighting wars on the peninsula, delaying if they can delay, and avoiding war if they can avoid war.
The mentality in France is similar to that in Britain. During World War II, the British mainland was bombed daily by Nazi aircraft, while France was occupied by the Nazis. Therefore, after World War II, France avoided such things as war. Therefore, after the outbreak of war on the peninsula, France felt that its international status, if it did not send troops, it meant that there was no sense of existence at all, but if it sent troops, it was afraid of too much loss, so France sent a battalion. Of course, in order to show that france is also a big country, it also specially asked Belgium and Luxembourg to send some troops - in other words, Luxembourg's area is similar to the size of the administrative district of a city on the mainland, so the size of the country can be imagined to play a role. After France entered the war, Luxembourg and Belgium, it was basically a mixed day.
At first, the volunteer soldiers did not understand the situation of the other side, and later after a few rounds of fighting with the other side, they discovered the secret of the United Nations army: that is, except for the United States and South Korea, most of the rest of the army, most of them look forward to the armistice every day, can go home as soon as possible. Therefore, as long as the volunteer army maintains its firepower superiority in these armies at the beginning of the war, these armies will take advantage of the fact that the volunteers' firepower is too fierce to be overwhelmed.
Of course, some national armies are more special. For example, Turkey, Canada and Thailand. The rulers of these countries actively supported the war because they hoped to curry favor with the United States. But the low-level soldiers are very rational and realistic: after all, it is not worth it to be a soldier to eat and throw your life on the peninsula. The combat effectiveness of these armies is also greatly reduced because of the mentality of the soldiers.