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The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

The Academy of Contemporary China and World StudiesUpdated:  July 13, 2022

The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

In June 1950, the Korean Civil War broke out. The US government mustered the "UN Forces" for an armed intervention. It also dispatched its Seventh Naval Fleet to China's Taiwan Straits. On September 15 the US troops landed in Inchon, and in early October they, ignoring the warnings of the Chinese government, crossed the 38th parallel line and advanced toward the border areas between China and North Korea. The US aircraft even bombarded the border areas in Northeast China, confronting the People's Republic of China with a new threat of external aggression.

At the request of the Korean party and government and after several discussions, the CPC Central Committee decided in early October to defend China's territorial security and help Korea resist US aggression.

On October 19, the first troops of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPVs) made their way to the Korean battlefield. They fought the invaders side by side with the Korean People's Army. The CPVs' action was a just cause of safeguarding peace and combating invasion. By June 1951, the Chinese and the Korean armies had launched five campaigns and driven the "UN Forces" back to the 38th parallel line, forcing the US to enter truce talks. The talks were intermingled with fighting and dragged on for two years until a truce was signed on July 27, 1953, marking the end of the war. After fighting the enemies together for two years and nine months, the Chinese and the Korean peoples and armies finally won their war of justice.

The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea resisted Western imperialist aggression, defended the security of New China, protected the peaceful life of the Chinese people, stabilized the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and safeguarded peace in Asia and the rest of the world.

抗美援朝

1950年6月,朝鲜内战爆发。美国政府纠集“联合国军”进行武装干涉,并派遣海军第七舰队侵入中国台湾海峡。9月15日,美军在仁川登陆。10月初,美军不顾中国政府一再警告,悍然越过三八线,把战火烧到中朝边境,并多次出动飞机轰炸中国东北边境地区,新中国安全面临严重威胁。

在危急关头,应朝鲜党和政府的请求,中共中央多次召开会议,经过反复权衡,在10月上旬作出抗美援朝、保家卫国的历史性决策。1950年10月19日,中国人民志愿军开赴朝鲜战场,与朝鲜人民军紧密配合,并肩作战。中国人民志愿军出国作战,是保卫和平、反抗侵略的正义之举。到1951年6月,中朝军队连续进行五次大的战役,把以美国为首的“联合国军”从鸭绿江边赶回到三八线附近,美国被迫进行停战谈判。此后,一直谈谈打打,断断续续地进行了两年之久。中朝人民军队英勇作战,以打促谈,迫使美国不得不于1953年7月27日在停战协定上签字。历经两年零9个月艰苦卓绝的浴血奋战,中朝两国人民和军队赢得了这场正义战争的伟大胜利。

伟大的抗美援朝战争,抵御了帝国主义侵略扩张,捍卫了新中国安全,保卫了中国人民和平生活,稳定了朝鲜半岛局势,维护了亚洲和世界和平。

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