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30 June 2010
by Admin
Through the Camera Lens:
The Korean War (1)
The
U.S. Air Strike of North Korea and China
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When
the WWII ended and the Korean Peninsula
was liberated from the Japanese colonial
rule, it was divided along the 38th
Parallel to be under the wings of the
Soviet Union and the United States
respectively, following the status quo in
Germany, for the reason put forward by
the Americans that judging by history,
the Korean people were not yet ready for
self-determination.
Having
gained huge dividend from the two world
wars, both economically, mainly through
arms sales, and politically, by becoming
a major player in the world stage,
Americans started to seriously
contemplate a possibility of
estabilishing a world order with US dominance, thus a
cold war against its competing power, the
Soviet Union, began. It was executed in
the name of defending its faith and
ideology, but deep down it's human greed
for economic profit and political power
in the play, which is why after the
collapse of the Communist Soviet Union,
the US is still highly hostile toward
Russia. So that is how it is - as soon as
the military conflict between two regimes
on the peninsular broke out on June 25,
1950, the United States smelled blood and
jumped the gun.
The
illustration by U.S. News
& World Report shows how
Americans perceive the necessity of
involving themselves in a war fought in a
distant Asian land: It is an opportunity
to break up the newly formed communist
bloc.
On June 27, 1950, the US
Seventh Fleet entered the Taiwan Strait that China has
claimed to be part of its territory.
On
July 2, 1950, the first group of US
combat units the 24th Infantry Division
troops of Task Force Smith arrived at
Taejon railroad station, South Korea.
On
July 7, 1950, the UN Security Council
adopted a resolution motioned by the United States to send peace-keeping
force, mainly consisted of US troops and
commanded by US General MacArthur, to
Korean Peninsula. Since at the time the
Soviet Union was boycotting the UN in
protest over the Chinese seat, that it
believed should belong to the People's
Republic China, being continuously
occupied by the Republic of China which
only ruled a small island called Taiwan,
therefore it was unable to veto the UN
decision.
North
Korea's border city Sinuiju county was
reduced to rubble by the US air strikes.
North
Korean army fought fiercely to save the
situation.
The
real target of the US in the Korean War
was newly established People's Republic of China, and its aircrafts
repeatedly bombed Chinese cities and
villages. This was Chinese border city
Dandong after the air strike.
Granny
Ma's dauther and three nephews were
killed by the Americans in the strike.
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Chinese peasants
were angered over the war crime
committed by the US Air Force
that sent strafing planes to
shoot Chinese villagers
at Gulouzi (古楼子).
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Chinese Government
ordered to set up the Northeast
Border Protection Task Force to
protect the lives and defend the
territory along the Yalu River.
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