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How WWIII was Avoided in the Korean War
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the Korean War in a way that it felt as though WWIII was about to begin
WWII had two theaters which eventually combined and became a war
people in still had this in mind
June 1950, Korean War starts
September 1950: Americans get enough so that they can turn the tide
America controls the air and the
launches a high-risk invasion behind Korean lines, collapses resistance
British, French, and are sending troop contingents
American forces begin to North Korea
there are arguments in hindsight that the U.S. should have after that invasion and not keep going north
there was no chance that they would have chosen that, given the precedent in WWII, that fact that you had to crush and utterly defeat to win a war and not just push them back
the goal was the control the peninsula and organized along the lines provided by the United
North Korean allies' response
Soviet Union argues that needs to go to war against the United States and the United Nations
a fraction of the Chinese leadership does not want the larger war
they want to concentrate on building the new People's
the chief for the war is Mao Zedong himself
Mao is asking Stalin for in equipment and supplies, and air cover
one can very quickly see how this could turn into
Stalin's arguments:
USA is not ready for a war
is not yet capable of giving much help to the Americans
USA will be compelled to yield to
USA will have to also give up on
of course, this could all set off a chain reaction which involves China more deeply, and then the Soviet Union
but if a war is inevitable, let it be waged now and not after Japan and have regained their military strength
Mao this reasoning and brings China into the fight
October/November
Chinese have hundreds of thousands of soldiers for a mass offensive
but the USA has complete control of the and the seas, and have much better fire power
the Chinese offensive can work if the US forces are over a mountainous countryside
not in prepared positions
Douglas MacArthur continues to scatter his forces across the map of North Korea
the Chinese, armed, cut these forces off, at night, in the winter, in the mountains
what MacArthur could have done is held a solid across the peninsula
MacArthur was over-confident wanting to have troops home by
U.S. flees in retreat fighting China
by January 1951 Mao and Chinese push
U.S. declares national and triples the defense budget over night just at it did at the outbreak of WWII
Douglas MacArthur is replaced by Matthew
are able to hold the line Korea with United Nation troops
the Chinese lose hundreds of of soldiers
American forces are now integrated, and white
America decided not to widen the war into World War III
Douglas MacArthur, however, had argued to widen war but Truman finally removed him in April 1951
in spite of this, MacArthur comes home to ticker tape parades
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######################### (1898-1974) [ ]Chinese Communist military leader who supported Mao's suggestions to involve China directly in the Korean War
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######################### (1895-1993) U.S. Army general credited for turning the Korean War around in favor of the UN side
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