There has been a direct fight in America-China only once: America ran away in front of millions of Chinese soldiers in the Korean War
Four months had passed since the Korean War started in October 1950. US Air Force B-29 and B-51 bombers were causing havoc in North Korea. The American army had reached the banks of the Yalu River, pushing back the North Korean army.
It was in a way a knock of the US Army on the China border. After this the real story of this war started. When at the behest of China’s biggest leader Mao Zedong, more than 2 lakh Chinese soldiers simultaneously jumped into the war on a single front. After this the whole picture of the war changed and America had to flee.
Today China and America are once again face to face regarding Taiwan. Before this, there has been a war between these two super powers only once. In today’s Bhaskar Explainer, we are narrating the full story of that dreaded 72-year-old war…First look at this picture…
This picture is historical. Not just because it’s old fashioned and it looks black and white. This picture has contained the whole story of a war in itself. After the defeat of Japan in the Second World War, when the Japanese flag in the center of the city of Seoul, Korea was removed. This picture is from that time i.e. 9 September 1945.
On June 25, 1950, North Korea attacked South Korea, America had directly collided with China in the Korean War . With this attack, the powerful countries of the world were divided into two factions. On one side China and Soviet Russia stood with the Communist government of North Korea. On the other hand, America and European countries were with South Korea.
According to the Encyclopdia Britannica, more than 2.8 million civilians and soldiers were killed or disappeared from both sides in this three-year war.
You must be thinking that there was a fight between North Korea and South Korea, then why did China and America jump into this war.
Will tell this thing too, but before that read how this war started…
Before 1904, an island was ruled by the Korean Empire. People knew it as Korea. Terrible wars took place between Japan and China in 1894-95 and 1904-05 for the occupation of Korea. After this war, Korea was occupied by Japan.
Japan was defeated in the Second World War in 1945. After the end of the war, Korea was divided between the two powerful countries of the world without asking the people there. For this division, 38 degree latitude was taken as the dividing line. The northern part was taken over by the Soviet Union and the southern part went to America.
How Korea was divided into two parts after the war, understand from this map..
We have used this graphics to explain the partition of Korea in simple language. This map is symbolic.
After this, elections were held in the South part in 1948 under the leadership of the United Nations, but the North part refused to hold elections. This led to the formation of separate Korean governments in the two occupied territories.
The reason for the war of thought against the left was the
Allies in the last days of World War II, it was decided that after the Japanese surrender, the Soviet army would remain in North Korea 38 Parallel North, while the United Nations forces were on this line. Will monitor the south part.
After this, the government of the People’s Republic of Korea was formed in North Korea under the leadership of Korean Communists. At the same time, the government was formed in South Korea under the leadership of leader Singmon Ri in a democratic way. Singman Ri was opposed to communist ideas. He wanted to stop this ideology from spreading in his country. So on June 25, 1950, North Korea attacked South Korea.
The name of the army officer who is seen holding binoculars in this picture was General Douglas MacArthur. After the Second World War, he became a hero in his country America. The command of Korea War was also given on his shoulders.
US Army officer General MacArthur took over the front
As soon as the war in Korea started, now the eyes of the world turned towards the United Nations ie UN. America put pressure on the voting in the UN and took responsibility for the security of South Korea.
In the Second World War, a contingent of army led by American General MacArthur, who surrendered to Japan, reached Korea. Soon, American fighters started flying with dangerous Napalm bombs. Dangerous chemicals were used in the Napalm bomb, which had the ability to turn humans into steam.
After the initial hesitation
, China began to openly support North Korea. However, he had not yet launched an army against America. The Soviet Union was also giving weapons to North Korea.
US Army B-29 and B-51 bombers destroyed villages in North Korea. By January 1951, American forces had not only pushed North Korea’s communist army behind 38 Parallel, but had also reached close to the Yalu River. Yalu River is on the border of China and North Korea. In such a situation, the dragon began to fear that General Douglas MacArthur might enter the Chinese border with his army.
The world will never forget the devastation caused by B-29 bombers in the Korean War. Dangerous bombs like Napam were being dropped from these planes.
This fear of China forced him to openly enter the war. The Chinese Air Force took the MiG-15 fighter jets into battle to give a befitting reply to the US. In the first week of November, the MiG fighter jets nearly stopped the US military’s daytime attacks.
After the attack of the Chinese army, the US army was forced to retreat,
China did not have any modern weapons to fight in this war. Just a year ago, the war between Tibet and China had ended. MacArthur-led US forces were moving towards China, due to which more than 2 lakh Chinese soldiers suddenly attacked the American soldiers as soon as China’s biggest leader Mao was signaled. Gave. Their attack was so aggressive that the American army was forced to retreat.
After this, the US Army came to a halt at 38 Parallel, which was the border between the two countries. Since then talks for a ceasefire started on 10 July 1951. However, it was not successful at that time.
This is a picture of the aftermath of the dropping of dangerous bombs like Napam during the Korean War. Even looking at this black and white picture, you can imagine that dreadful war and its effect on humanity.
Douglas MacArthur, angry with the Chinese army’s retort, was stunned
by this response of the Chinese He did not even think that China would suddenly give such a tough fight. Douglas MacArthur became a hero in America after the Second World War. This is the reason why MacArthur had also decided to use atomic bombs in different cities of China. As soon as the US President came to know about this, he was surprised.
After this, General MacArthur was sacked by US President Truman for taking major decisions during the war without informing the President.
This picture is of Korean soldiers who surrendered during the war, who were taken prisoner of war. Similarly, millions of soldiers on both sides were made prisoners of war. General Thimayya, an officer of the Indian Army, was entrusted with the responsibility of the supervision team set up to release the prisoners of war under the leadership of the United Nations.
The war ended as soon as America got a new president in
1953. When Dwight David Eisenhower became the President of America in July 1953, he said that if he had to use nuclear weapons to end the war, he would. However, after this all parties agreed to the treaty on 27 July 1953. Once again the limit was fixed as 38 parallel as it was before the war.
