With the National Day approaching, another movie will show the history of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Nowadays, with the improvement of the cultural quality of the people, more and more people have begun to think deeply about the various games behind this war.
As a "battle for the founding of the country", there is no doubt that China is undoubtedly the biggest winner in this war. However, who is the biggest loser? The United States is perhaps the first thing that comes to mind.
So what exactly led Kissinger to assert that the USSR was the biggest loser?
Stalin's strategy was correct before the Korean War, but his estimates of the outcome were very different. In his book "On China", Kissinger pointed out that the Soviet Union paid the greatest price in this war and became the biggest loser.
So, before the outbreak of the Korean War, what about the tripartite game between China, the United States, and the Soviet Union?
Historically, the Korean War originated from the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In the context of the Cold War, the Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries, the North and the South, with the 38th parallel as the boundary. However, the belief that the people of the Korean Peninsula had always wanted to achieve reunification gave rise to the Korean War, and both sides fought to achieve this goal.
At the beginning of the war, the North Korean army was invincible and forced the South Korean ** team to the area of Busan, seeing that the Korean Peninsula was about to be reunified. However, at a critical moment, the United States, with the help of the United Nations, intervened in the war and implemented the Inchon landing, bankrupting North Korea's strategic plan.
Under the suppression of the powerful joint firepower, the North Korean army was defeated and retreated, and the joint army even ignored the attitude of our country and brazenly crossed the 38th parallel, and the war gradually approached the Yalu River.
At this time, the situation was very clear, and if the Soviet Union and China, which were in the socialist camp, did not send troops, Korea would sooner or later fall into the hands of the United States.
During the Korean War, our country promptly informed the USSR in the hope that they would provide assistance. However, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin has been avoiding this issue and has not shown a willingness to send troops.
What is the reason for this? It turned out that although the Soviet Union was the leader of the socialist camp, from Stalin's personal point of view, he paid more attention to the practical interests of the Soviet Union.
Stalin believed that whether the USSR sent troops or not, it was beneficial for the USSR.
If China came to the aid of North Korea, it would be difficult for China to make greater concessions to the Soviet Union, including rights and interests such as Port Arthur, from which the Soviet Union would benefit. On the contrary, if China does not assist, North Korea may be broken by the United States, and the US imperialist forces will reach China's borders, and China's security situation will be grim, and it will be more dependent on the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union may force China to give more benefits on the grounds of protecting China.
Stalin believed that the advance of the joint ** was beneficial to the Soviet Union, so he chose to make a vague statement when the territory of the DPRK and the USSR did not border. However, facts have proved that he made a mistake in his judgment and underestimated China's determination and belief in winning the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Under the leadership of ***, the volunteer soldiers bravely crossed the Yalu River, and through a series of victories, the self-confidence of the United States was severely damaged, and finally forced them to sit back at the negotiating table, and our country won the victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The outcome of this war exceeded the expectations of Stalin and the whole world, and the huge disparity in military strength between China and the United States at that time made it impossible to believe that our country could defeat the United States**.
However, after the war, Kissinger believed that the Soviet Union was the biggest loser. ”
Some netizens believe that the defeat of the Soviet Union is only a showdown between China and the United States, and the United States is the biggest loser. But in reality, the real competition goes far beyond the battlefield, and the all-round competition between countries is the key.
For the United States, although it suffered heavy losses, it was not unbearable, after all, even after the end of the war, the Korean Peninsula still failed to be reunited and was still in a state of **, which is not fundamentally different from before the war.
The United States did not directly participate in this war, so the loss of benefits will not be the greatest. But why did Kissinger consider the Soviet Union to be the biggest loser? The main reason was the victory of China in this war, which made it no longer necessary for China to rely on the Soviet Union.
Before the war, our country even made corresponding concessions in order to receive military and economic assistance from the USSR.
After this war, our country appeared more comfortable in communicating with the USSR. The victory of the volunteers not only raised the image of the Chinese people, but also significantly increased China's influence in the socialist camp and the world.
This victory led many countries seeking independence and liberation to begin to learn from China. China's victory made many Third World countries realize that they too were capable of countering the threat of superpowers, and China became a model for many countries, while the influence of the Soviet Union was relatively diminished.
Kissinger believes that although Stalin was a far-sighted statesman, his calculations during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea did not bring substantial benefits to the Soviet Union.
On the contrary, China's growing influence in the war can be seen as a classic example of how clever can be mistaken by smart. Through an in-depth analysis of the great power game before and after the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we can see that Kissinger's views are not unreasonable.
In any case, however, the invincible United States was eventually forced to sit down at the negotiating table, and the losses of the United States were probably not far behind those of the Soviet Union. So, in everyone's opinion, who was the biggest loser in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea?