In 1953, Stalin died of cerebral hemorrhage, and his sudden death also opened up a new situation for the originally stalemate Korean War, and directly promoted the smooth development of the Korean peace talks.
Stalin died suddenly
Stalin died suddenly
In fact, when the Korean war situation developed to the final stage, the two sides involved in the war also had a profound understanding of each other's strength, and everyone knew that if the war continued, it would only bring greater losses to both sides, so everyone tacitly pushed the situation in the direction of peace talks, but what was surprising was that when the two countries asked Stalin's opinion, he believed that the volunteer army obviously had an advantage in the war situation, and that the peace talks should be pursued by victory, and the peace talks were not the right choice, and he also stressed that the volunteer army was engaged in war with the US army. It has been very helpful for the Chinese military to adapt to the new type of war.
The situation in North Korea has changed
And he also stressed that this war is not only for the stability of the situation in Korea, but also for the socialist camp to increase its influence in the world, so he hopes that China can continue to expand the results of the war and defeat the myth of the invincibility of Britain and the United States, and later the great man specially sent people to Moscow to analyze the situation of the Korean war situation with Stalin, as well as the economic pressure currently facing China and North Korea, Stalin finally agreed to peace talks, but on the issue of prisoners of war, the two sides once again contradicted each other, Stalin once again stressed, before the United States made concessions, This made the already unsuccessful peace talks even more difficult, but what people did not expect was that stalin suddenly passed away at such a tense juncture in North Korea, which also brought about a new situation for the already rigid negotiations.
Stalin's hard-line attitude made it difficult for the Already unsuccessful North Korean peace talks, but at this critical juncture, Stalin died suddenly, so what impact did his sudden death have on the Korean war situation?
Stalin influenced the Korean War
North Korean leader Kim Il Sung
Just when Kim Il Sung and the great man were preparing to restart the peace talks and intended to continue to communicate with Stalin, the Soviet Union suddenly came bad news, Stalin died suddenly due to cerebral hemorrhage, because this was a sudden event after a cocktail party, Stalin had been in good physical condition before this, so he did not have time to make clear arrangements for the future development of the Soviet Union, so the situation in the Soviet Union became tense, and the soviet high-ranking official Beria had always been trusted by Stalin before, so he held military power and quickly grasped the power of the Soviet Union.
In order to ease the situation in the Soviet Union, Beria adopted a more moderate foreign policy than Stalin in the international arena, seeking to improve relations with Western countries and create a more stable development environment for the Soviet Union, so that after Stalin's death, the Soviet side had a huge change in attitude towards North Korea, they were not obsessed with the confrontation between the two camps, but strongly supported the reconciliation between China and the United States, and the Soviet Union could thus change its international image and focus more on the domestic construction of the Soviet Union. After receiving a reply from the Soviet Union, China and the DPRK immediately continued peace talks with the United States, and the two sides quickly reached an intention to end the war and signed an armistice agreement, while China also gained more diplomatic independence because of the decline of the Soviet Union's status in socialist countries.
What a talk of the Korean War
Stalin's sudden death, Beria, who was in power, changed Stalin's tough attitude toward the situation in Korea and turned to support the Sino-DPRK and US peace talks, and finally the two sides successfully signed an armistice agreement.
Stalin's real purpose
In the Korean War, the Soviet Union did not formally participate in the war, because the Soviet Union and the United States are two superpowers, once the two countries directly exchanged fire, the war may escalate immediately, and eventually deteriorate into the third world war, so the Soviet Union did not directly participate in the war, but for this close at hand, and it is still a war between socialism and capitalism, the Soviet Union can not stand by, so he provided material and technical support for China and North Korea, and in the process of the war between the two sides, Stalin also re-examined the significance of the war, and he found that the war could be the greatest dispersion, and the energy invested by the United States in the European region was conducive to the consolidation of the Soviet Union's position in Europe, so the Attitude of the Soviet Union towards the Korean War changed, from helping the Allies to win the war at the beginning to prolonging the course of the war as long as possible, so that it could drag down the United States and provide enough time for the development of the Soviet Union.