One. The truth about the secret intervention of the Soviet Union in the Korean War** was hidden for 40 years. When the Korean War broke out, there was a lot of speculation as to why the Soviet Union did not send troops to respond to the blatant provocations of the United States and why it did not protect its alliesIn fact, the Soviet Union secretly sent its air force into the war, but never openly admitted it. The Korean War was only a local conflict, which did not affect many countries, and this kind of local war had little impact on the world. The reason why the Soviet Union concealed the fact of its involvement in the war was to avoid triggering a wider conflict and preventing the war from spreading to more countries. Two. The United States and the Soviet Union tacitly avoided the escalation of local conflicts. Why did the Soviet Union only open the truth about its involvement in the war after 40 years?
In fact, with the changes in the world situation, the United States and the Soviet Union fought a 40-year Cold War. During this period, one country grows in strength while the other weakens. During the Korean War, relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were tense, and the United States sent troops to Korea out of concern about the expansion of the Soviet Union's power in the Far East. Although they did not openly enter the war, both countries knew that the Soviet Union had sent their air forces, but they tacitly kept it a secret, saving face for both sides.
According to battlefield data, in 1951, the U.S. military actually had the idea of expanding the battlefield and hoped that the war would spread to more places, but in the end it failed to materialize, and the war was always kept under control. Against this background, it is even more unlikely that the Soviet Union will take the initiative to provoke the other side, let the opponent have a handle, and take the opportunity to cause trouble. In fact, at that time, the US military had already obtained conclusive evidence of the Soviet Union's participation in the war, because the US ** team had overheard enemy pilots communicating in Russian and controlling planes, and anyone who did not understand this was a fool. However, everyone tacitly pretended not to know. So how did the USSR enter the war at that time?How much did they contribute to the Korean War?
Let's travel back in time to that era and witness that fierce war. Despite the fact that there was no open participation in the war, the positive influence and great contribution of the USSR to the Korean War was obvious. In the early 50s of the 20th century, war broke out on the Korean Peninsula, initially as a Korean civil war, and later the United States intervened and launched a fierce attack on Korea. This circumstance directly affected the interests of the USSR in the Far East, which they could not tolerate. It's as if someone came to their doorstep to fight, and they have long regarded Asia as their own territory. In order to curb the deterioration of the situation, the Soviet Union kept it a secret.
First of all, the soldiers they sent were all dressed in the uniforms of the Chinese volunteers, and the planes were all modified to disguise themselves as the North Korean Air Force. In addition, they originally wanted the participating team members to say Chinese, but the pilots sent were Chinese half-, and coupled with the rapid changes in the battlefield situation, they finally gave up. In the months of the war, the Soviet Union successively sent a number of aviation divisions to join the battlefield, and in order to contain the advanced fighters of the United States, the Soviet Union even sent its own ace fighter MiG-15 to the battle, thus greatly reducing the pressure on the frontal battlefield and making it impossible for the US military to bomb the battlefield with impunity.
During the entire war, the Soviet Union sent a total of 12 air divisions and lost more than 200 fighters, but the results were fruitful, shooting down a total of 1,097 enemy aircraft, which greatly weakened the arrogance of the enemy's air force. End. Although the memories of the war years are far away, the pain of that period of history is still deeply rooted in my heart. Now that we are living in an era of peace, we should cherish the life in front of us, because it was bought by countless ancestors with their blood and lives. Let us continue to forge ahead and always remember the shame of history.