What mistakes did Australia make that deserve to be condemned by the whole network? Count the three deadly sins of Australia's history

Overnight, the entire Chinese Internet seemed to be "crusading" Australia, and I wondered what Australia had done.

Then I picked up the black history of Australia, I didn't know if I didn't pick it up, and I dug deep and found that Australia is a country that looks inconspicuous, and it has done a lot of bad things to China. Next, we will look through the long river of history to detail the three deadly sins of Australia's history.

01 Historical Crime 1: The Eight-Nation Alliance's War of Aggression against China

1900 was an unforgettable year for the Chinese, when the war of aggression against China broke out by the eight-nation alliance, and a year later, the "Xinqiao Treaty" completely reduced China to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country, and the huge indemnity of 450 million taels of silver made the Chinese people bear heavy debts.

In the same year, a new country was born in the southern hemisphere, which was formed by a number of British colonies such as New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, which merged to form a new unified federal state, and the Australian Federation was officially established.

In July 1900, the British Parliament formally approved Australia's federal plans by passing the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia and the British Dominion Ordinance. On 1 January 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia was officially proclaimed.

That year, the British Empire was mired in the Second Boer War. The outbreak of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China put the British Empire in a dilemma: it wanted to participate in the Chinese battlefield and get a piece of the pie, but it could not easily get out of the South African battlefield. The British Empire, as the suzerain, thought of its younger brother, Australia, who had just established a federal government.

Therefore, under the call of the British government, after the establishment of the Australian government, the first thing was to form an expeditionary force to participate in the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Participating in the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China was Australia's first participation in the Asian War and Australia's first overseas military operation. The gunboat Protector, an Australian warship that participated in World War I and World War II, also arrived in China during this war and showed off its military might.

Although it is said that the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Coalition was dominated by eight countries, these eight countries are: Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Australia has become the mysterious ninth country outside the list. He sent troops to China's territory and followed the eight bandits in front of him to burn, kill, and plunder the city of Beijing, doing a lot of bad things, and was the ninth bandit in the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China.

In the report disclosed by the Australian Department of Defence, we can get a glimpse of the tragedy of that year. On August 8, 1900, Australian troops arrived in China, and at this time, the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China had broken out for more than three months. After the siege of Beijing, it completely and completely released the evil in human nature, and even 53 Australians served as members of the firing squad of the Eight-Nation Alliance, wantonly slaughtering the Chinese people for fun.

02 Historical Crime 2: The Korean War

Time passed, and in the 50s of the 20th century, at this time, there were finally no foreign invaders on the land of China, and Chinese people stood up.

When the Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, and the United States announced its involvement in the Korean battlefield on July 7, 1950, Australia did not hesitate to respond to the call of the United States and actively participate in the Korean War. Australia sent a total of more than 17,000 soldiers from the navy, land and air force to participate, including the royal third battalion such an army ace unit, it can be said that Australia is dead in response to the call of the United States, you must know that as the suzerainty of Australia, Britain sent troops on the Korean battlefield, the total number of troops is only about 14,000, far less than the number of Australian troops.

The 3rd Battalion of the Royal Australian Legion, but the Australian ace regiment, participated in the Crete, North Africa, and Greek campaigns, and in 1942, he was transferred back to Australia to participate in the Pacific War and the Japanese War. It can be said that he fought against Germany, Italy, France, and Japan, and fought almost all of World War II, so he has a lot of war experience and awareness.

Australia is full of hope that following the world's number one power, it will definitely be able to win the war, easily reap the benefits on the battlefield, and replicate the results of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China.

On September 15, 1950, the Australian army followed the U.S. Army to land at Inchon and attacked all the way to the north. There is a war in Australia's official history that it calls the Battle of the Apple Orchard, described by the Australian writer Salmon in "Scorched Earth and Black Blood": a corporal with a gun is mercifully killing the seriously wounded, while everyone is debating whether he should kill an enemy who has lost most of his face. Gunshots rang out in the rice paddies, and another Australian soldier killed two prisoners of war.

The brutal killing of prisoners by the Australian army on the Korean battlefield shows the despicability of their humanity.

Even in the face of New China's repeated warnings, he did not take it to heart at all. At that time, Australia may have thought that the new China in 1950 was still the same as the old China in 1900. However, Australia never expected that what awaited them would be an unforgettable fiasco.

The Australian army was famous for its white-knuckle warfare on the Korean battlefield, and when it fought against North Korean recruits, it had enough height advantage, so the Australian army considered itself invincible in white-knuckle warfare. The golden body of the Australian white-knuckle battle was broken by the volunteers in the Battle of Yunshan, and the Australian army of 1,000 people fought against the volunteers of 30 people, and the battle loss ratio was so large that the Australian army doubted life, and since then, the Australian army has never wanted to have a white-knives battle with the volunteers.

With more than 1,400 Australian military casualties throughout the Korean War, it was a war that a country with a small population like Australia could not afford to lose. But who made Australia choose to follow the United States, be a follower, and participate in the war?

03 Historical Sin 3: The Vietnam War

Australia's defeat in the Korean War did not make Australia truly reflect, but made it more actively follow the United States and participate in global affairs.

In the 60s of the 20th century, the situation in Vietnam was changing. In 1961, the United States intervened in the Vietnam battlefield and sent special forces into Vietnam to participate in the war, and the United States also issued a call to its allies, but what the United States did not expect was that Britain and France, the strongest allies, refused to participate in the Vietnam War, but Australia had sent military advisers to participate in the Vietnam War in 1962.

In 1965, Australia began sending regular troops to Vietnam to officially participate in the Vietnam War. In June of that year, the Royal Australian 1st Infantry Battalion arrived in Vietnam and was incorporated into the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the United States, which opened the prelude to Australia's ground operations in Vietnam.

At first, in the Vietnam War battlefield, the Australian army could still have an advantage, but it was soon defeated by the North Vietnamese army who was familiar with the terrain. On August 18, 1966, in the Battle of Longtan, the 6th Battalion of the Australian Army strayed into an ambush circle and fought against more than 2,500 Vietnamese troops with 100 people.

The Vietnam War, which lasted for more than a decade, has greatly damaged the vitality of the United States, and its finances have been unable to make ends meet, which is also an inexhaustible pit for the Australian government. In January 1973, the Australian military began to prepare for a gradual withdrawal from Vietnam, and in 1975, four days before the United States evacuated Vietnam, Australia dispatched two Royal Australian Air Force Hercules transport planes to take off from the air base in Saigon, loaded with Australian diplomats and officers, and fled in a hurry.

Final Chapter

Why did Australia follow in the footsteps of its colonizers and participate in wars of aggression? First, it followed the actions of the suzerain, Britain, and after World War II, changed its approach and followed the actions of the United States, what are the considerations behind Australia's decision?

From a geopolitical point of view, Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, a lonely continent, and it is always out of reach of the world island of the Eurasian continent, and in terms of Australia's own national strength, it is not enough to support Australia to set up a single banner in global affairs, so following the world hegemons like Britain and the United States, for the sake of everyone's feelings for the Anglo-Saxon nation, pull a hand, and what is leaked in the hands of the big guy is enough for Australia to enjoy.

From the perspective of historical development, the history of Australia is a dark history soaked in colonialism and hegemonic thinking. Since 1788, when Britain established its first colony in Sydney Bay, Australia has been deeply marked by colonialism. After more than 100 years of colonial rule, Australia has inherited the British greedy and barbaric colonialist ideology, and also inherited the hegemonic mentality of the United Kingdom. First from Britain and then with the United States, they are all products of this historical mentality.

It can only be said that it is short-sighted and unwise to use the strength of the United States to elevate Australia's voice in Asia and even the world, and to do so at the expense of acting as a pawn of the United States and participating in wars that have nothing to do with its own national interests. As for the so-called moral bottom line, in the eyes of a country made up of criminals, what would it be?

Australia is like a spoiled child, owning a continent to its own and inheriting the richest possessions on earth, but only knowing how to mine open-pit coal mines. keeps saying that we want to be a strong country, but foreign policy jumps from side to side like grass on the wall.

History will not forget, if it is recorded truthfully, maybe one day, Australia will also be liquidated, the three deadly sins of history!