During the Korean War, the US military used all modern weapons except the atomic bomb and invested a lot of troops, but it was still forced to sign an armistice agreement.
General MacArthur, a five-star American general, once said "Go home for Christmas" after China's army entered the war. 1October 24th, 1950, 165438, MacArthur flew to the front to inspect. With a pipe in his mouth, he said to the soldiers, "I have promised the soldiers' mothers that their children will go home before Christmas." His words were also published in major American newspapers the next day, with the headlines "General MacArthur promised to end the war before Christmas" and "Christmas soldiers can go home". As a result, Chinese people's Volunteer Army hit the area north of the 38th parallel all the way, and he became the laughing stock of people after dinner.
10 On June 55438+05, China made a decision to send troops to aid North Korea. 1 campaign, annihilate the joint army10.5 million people, and then take the tactics of luring the enemy deeper, so that the US military can March in. In the second battle, six armies belonging to China 13 regiment fought a large-scale annihilation war.
In just over a month, Chinese people's Volunteer Army broke MacArthur's ignorance of going home for Christmas. In the next few months, after five battles, our army directly drove the American allies back from the Yalu River to the vicinity of the 38th parallel. The People's Volunteers liberated almost all the land north of the 38th parallel and even occupied some areas south of the 38th parallel.
The failure of the Korean War dealt MacArthur a heavy blow. In World War II, MacArthur led the American army to defeat Japan, and his reputation once reached its peak. MacArthur was the president of the United States Military Academy at West Point and participated in the Pacific War, but was defeated by Peng on the Korean battlefield. He lost face and became angry from embarrassment, and even blamed the failure on the "unprecedented" restraint of the US government.
In order to save face, he even clamored to expand the war to the territory of China and turn the Korean War into a Sino-American war. And also wrote a letter to Washington, advocating the use of atomic bombs to carry out nuclear attacks on China and North Korea's troops, in order to show China people's colors. He believes that if we want to win, we must blockade the coast of China and bomb China's industrial production capacity for war with the air force and navy. The Kuomintang troops were transferred from Taiwan Province to the Korean battlefield, and the restrictions on the Kuomintang troops were lifted, so that they could counterattack Chinese mainland's weak areas and contain China's energy in the Korean battlefield. Finally, he shouted arrogantly: 20~30 atomic bombs should be dropped on China, and a radiation zone should be set up along the Yalu River between China and North Korea.
At that time, some people in the US government, such as the head of the US Security Resources Committee, Simmington, and the representative of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, Barrucci, supported MacArthur in succession. According to an undisclosed secret in the United States, MacArthur submitted a list of "delayed targets" at the end of 1950. He wrote that he needed 26 atomic bombs, four to bomb the enemy's vanguard troops and four to bomb the important assembly points of the enemy air force. He believes that only in this way can we ensure the victory of the United States in the Korean battlefield and save Asia from the disaster it faces, otherwise it will have serious political and military consequences.
In the Korean War, the failure of the US military shocked the whole world, as did the whole United States. After World War II, the United States made a fortune. After a short break, European countries quickly rose to become the world's number one power. American troops with modern weapons were defeated by poorly equipped Chinese people's Volunteer Army, which made Americans angry. Even the whole United States agreed to use the naval and air forces with absolute superiority to expand the battlefield to Chinese mainland, thus ensuring the victory of the US military in the Korean battlefield.
However, the United States has always exercised restraint. Even after successive defeats on the Korean battlefield, the United States did not lose its mind and continued to expand the scope of the war. Moreover, although the United States knows that Chinese people's Volunteer Army is made up of China's regular army, it has never publicly acknowledged it. By default, the whole war is limited to the Korean peninsula.
Why is the United States, the world's largest power, tied so tightly? Because there was another big country in the world besides the United States at that time, and that was the Soviet Union. The two sides are in the cold war stage, the Soviet Union is the strong backing of our country, and the United States dare not act rashly. If the battlefield expands to the interior of China and the Soviet Union sends troops to participate in the war, the third world war will be on the verge.
Just after the baptism of World War II, western countries are generally resting, and countries have no energy or ability to launch World War III. If the United States goes its own way, it will be opposed by people all over the world. Moreover, if the United States goes to war against China, its strength is far from enough. The main strength of the United States is concentrated in western Europe against the Soviet Union. The core of the Soviet Union is in Western Europe. If the United States sends troops to the Asian battlefield from Western Europe, then the Soviet Union will rise in Western Europe and expand its influence.
Finally, although China is backward in industry and poor in weapons and equipment, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression of 14 has made the national cohesion of China people stronger than ever, and its will to resist foreign invaders is extremely firm, so is the confidence and determination of China army to win the war.
And the United States is a country with the highest interests. If we go to war, it will bring a lot of casualties and losses, but we will not get any benefits. After weighing the pros and cons, the United States naturally gave up its aggression against China.