The Korean War and Yalu River
- As U.N. troops got close to the Yalu River China sends almost a million troops
- They drive the U.N. troops almost off the pennisula
- Protect Communism in the north of Korea, which remains to this day
- USA realized they could not work with China after their invasion of Tibet and support for North Korea
- The former allies split ways in 1959
- Reasons for this:
- Krushchev’s Peaceful coexistence idea (Chinese felt they were getting closer to the USA)
- Soviet intention to treat China as another satellite
- Lack of Soviet help during the Korean War
- 4,000 border skirmishes
- Open fighting between 1964-69 on the Ussuri River
- 1964 Chinese get A-bomb and 1968 an N-bomb
"The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower."- Aly Knan