Yeah, I figured there was some mutual tip-toeing to avoid a direct hot war. Had to have been frustrating in both Korea and Vietnam to not be able to give the southerners a fair fight by shutting down the floodgate of commie help into the north, or match the help in kind.gggmann said:Yeah, just google The Battle of Chosin Reservoir. There are a couple of good documentaries on it as well.chickencoupe16 said:The Chinese were definitely involved in the Korean War. McArthur pushed the North Koreans to the Yalu (basically into China) and then the Chinese unleashed their hordes and rapidly pushed us back to the 38th Parallel where a stalemate began. McArthur suggested nuking China and conventional bombing raids were realistically looked into but we were scared of furthering China's commitment to the war and possible bringing Russia into a hot war. Russia was already supplying equipment and material to North Korea through Chinese railways but was scared of getting into a hot war with us.HtownAg92 said:History board cross-over:gggmann said:I got to see North Korea from across the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Chinese side of the river was lit up like the Las Vegas Strip and the North Korean side was pitch black. They do have a little fake ferris wheel on the N. Korean side. I took this photo of it from the bridge we bombed during the Korean War. It extends about half-way across the river.richardag said:East & West Germany was the same.rab79 said:
My Dad took me to West Berlin and from the restaurant @ the top of the hotel it was night & day.
How did we bomb bridges and other commie supply lines from China into NK (which presumably had to be done in or near Chinese and Russian air space, and resulting in destruction of Chinese or Russian property) without escalating our conflict with China and the Ruskies? Was it all black? Or was there an unwritten Cold War agreement?
Also, in Dandong there is a memorial and museum dedicated to the war. It's named "Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea". I visited it while there - very interesting to read the spin from the other side.
We returned the favor in Afghanistan, who is showing their eternal gratefulness today. We should wink-wink to Putin and say "It's all yours this time, we'll sit this one out." Of course, history repeats itself -- the Taliban would have a nice supply of US supplied weapons to fight off the Ruskies again.
