Why did the United States, Chiang Kai-shek's most solid backing in the War of Liberation, after the outbreak of the Korean War, risk breaking with Chiang Kai-shek and refuse Chiang Kai-shek's request for three consecutive requests to send troops to Korea to help the US military participate in the war? Why did Chiang Kai-shek insist on asking for a war in Korea? What kind of conspiracy is behind this?
In the War of Liberation, although the Kuomintang led by Chiang Kai-shek had the support of the American ships and cannons, it was still defeated by the Communist Party, which had won the hearts and minds of the people, and fled to Taiwan in a panic.
However, Chiang Kai-shek's wolf ambitions were not willing to live in a corner, and his heart was bent on counterattacking the mainland, and at this time, the Korean War broke out, and Chiang Kai-shek saw an opportunity in it, knowing that this battle was an excellent opportunity for counter-offensive.
Behind the Korean War at that time, there was the manipulation of the two world powers of the United States and the Soviet Union, coupled with the Communist Party of China's War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which was a huge battle slightly inferior to World War II.
He knew that only when the Third World War broke out could he counterattack the mainland with great fanfare and regain power, and the key to his counterattack on the mainland was Korea.
North Korea is located in the northeast of our country, only separated from the northeast of our country by a Yalu River, in the Jilin region of Changbai Mountain can even see the Border between China and North Korea, is such a close geographical location, so that North Korea has become chiang Kai-shek's eyes to counterattack the mainland excellent feng shui treasure.
He wanted to take advantage of the outbreak of the Korean War to imitate the operational route of japan's capture of the three northeastern provinces in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and to counterattack the northeast of the mainland through the Korean Peninsula in order to return to the mainland.
In fact, even before Chiang Kai-shek was defeated in Taiwan, he had already had a premonition that the Kuomintang would be invincible to the Communists, and he had already premeditated his sights on the DPRK, and had sent an envoy to The DPRK as the president of the Kuomintang to reach an agreement with Syngman Rhee, who was supported by the United States, and became an alliance.
Therefore, as soon as the Korean War broke out, Chiang Kai-shek offered to send the Kuomintang 52nd Army, with 35,000 troops, to Korea to assist the United Nations army led by the US army in combat and help the US army take Korea, and he himself fought from Korea to the Yalu River and then from the Yalu River to the Heilongjiang River with the support of the United States.
His request was supported by MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Far East, who even publicly threatened not only to agree to the entry of Nationalist troops in the Korean battlefield, but also to help Chiang Kai-shek counterattack the mainland.
Just when Chiang Kai-shek was ready to go to Korea, he was opposed by the US White House to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from intervening in the Korean issue, on the grounds that Taiwan was the most vulnerable place to attack, and it was still difficult to protect itself, and the United States needed to send the 7th Fleet and the 13th Air Brigade to guard it.
At this time, the Kuomintang army was already a weak brigade in the eyes of the Americans, and its performance in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation was disappointing, and although the Kuomintang was holding the advanced weapons provided by the United States, it was still inferior to the Communist Millet Plus rifle.
The kuomintang's display of combat strength and Chiang Kai-shek's military ability had already made US President Truman questionable, so he directly rejected Chiang Kai-shek's request to participate in the war.
However, Chiang Kai-shek, who regarded Korea as a life-saving straw, did not choose to give up because of a refusal, but sent a request to the United States for the second time, and he was moved to understand it with reason, expounding one by one the advantages of his confrontation with the Communist Party for many years, and wanted to face the Communist Party of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea on the Korean battlefield, but was again rejected by Truman.
On the one hand, this is because the US Government is already aware of Chiang Kai-shek's wolf ambitions and knows that he wants to achieve his goal of counterattacking the mainland by provoking a Sino-US war, and does not want to be used by Chiang Kai-shek.
On the other hand, because of Britain's opposition, Britain, as the first country in the West to recognize new China, was negotiating with China to establish diplomatic relations, did not want to be with the Kuomintang troops on the Korean battlefield, and was afraid of affecting the ongoing Sino-British negotiations, Truman also had to take into account britain's attitude and once again refused Chiang Kai-shek's request to participate in the war.
Chiang Kai-shek, who had been rejected by the United States on both occasions, was greatly humiliated, but in order to achieve the goal of counterattacking the mainland, he had to take the initiative to ask for troops for the third time, but he was still refused.
At this time, the Korean War was nearing the end, and Truman was afraid that the addition of the Kuomintang would lead to an increase in the strength of the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists, expand the Korean War, and cause a third world war, which was not a very cost-effective thing for the United States, which had already been consumed after World War II.
The United States was not ready for a new world war, so Truman kept the Korean War limited to one scope.
The joining of the Kuomintang would undoubtedly undermine the existing war situation, which Truman could not accept under any circumstances, so Chiang Kai-shek's three requests for war were rejected, and Chiang Kai-shek's vain ambition to counterattack the mainland through Korea was completely destroyed.
Gossip said: The reason why Truman refused Chiang Kai-shek's request for war three times was because of a personal grudge between Truman and Chiang Kai-shek.
After the death of President Roosevelt, Truman temporarily succeeded Roosevelt as vice president, and the new official took office with three fires, the first of which burned to Chiang Kai-shek.
When Truman took office, the first thing he did was to thoroughly investigate corruption, and he found that most of the military aid provided by the United States to the Kuomintang went to the private accounts of Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, Soong Mei-ling.
Therefore, he openly criticized the Chiang and Song families, denounced Chiang Kai-shek for being corrupt, dictatorial, and authoritarian, and for having no leadership ability, and criticizing Chiang Kai-shek for being useless, leaving Chiang Kai-shek with no face, and Chiang Kai-shek holding a grudge against Truman.
In the US election, he fully supported Truman's rivals, just to prevent Truman from becoming president, and it was obvious that Truman still succeeded in taking office, but the feud between the two was also concluded.
When Chiang Kai-shek made a request for war, Truman was the first to stand up against it, and although he did not rule out the reasons for personal grievances, he believed that Truman, as president, was more of a decision made from a political standpoint.