CHINESE ENTRY INTO THE KOREAN WAR!
Communist China became involved in the Korean conflict to create a safe zone to avoid any interruption of their internal reconstruction toward communism.
The first appearance of Chinese soldiers in the war was the surrender of nine Chinese soldiers on October 6th to an ROK battalion in Yalu. The Chinese refused to believe that they were officially present in the war at the time. At Yalu, the ROK battalion was trapped and butchered. The survivors said that the Chinese had done it. At this point, another squadron of the 1st Calvary Division was ambushed near Unsan. The Eighth Army Intelligence concludes that approximately thirty to sixty thousand Chinese soldiers had crossed into Korea. The Chinese entry into this war signifies their desire to create a "safe zone" for the internal reconstruction of their nation as "Communist."
The repressive climate after World War I (1919) was evidenced by “The Red Scare” – America’s fear of communism. A. Mitchell Palmer, Woodrow Wilson’s Attorney General believed that Communism was undermining the American way of life demonstrating his dislike of political dissent. The nation was dealing with several serious social conflicts like strikes, Women’s Suffrage and the Chicago race riots, as well as a series of suspected anarchist bombings in cities across the U.S. The Palmer Raids came to signify targeting of innocent people as “Communists” including celebrities, authors, women suffragists, political dissenters and immigrants. The Red Scare signified overzealous law enforcement based on suppression of free speech and a need for conformity and consensus that later characterized the “Cold War” period and fueled the fear of Communist that was the backdrop to the Korean War.
Fears of communism had risen after the Second Red Scare, led by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, indirectly calling for a policy to limit Communist Threat: NSC-68. In accordance with NSC-68, a report which stated that all communist activities were controlled by Joseph Stalin, leader of the USSR, and called for military and economic aid to any country deemed to be resisting Communist threats, the United States sent troops to South Korea when it was invaded by the North on June 25, 1950. While it contradicted the report, in that the United States was once again at war (the report stated that the United States should avoid war), President Harry S. Truman feared a 'domino effect,' and wanted to prevent Communism spreading, stating:
"If we let Korea down, the Soviets will keep right on going and swallow up one piece of Asia after another.... If we were to let Asia go, the Near East would collapse and no telling what would happen in Europe.... Korea is like the Greece of the Far East. If we are tough enough now, if we stand up to them like we did in Greece three years ago, they won't take any more steps."
As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. (Communists were often referred to as "Reds" for their allegiance to the red Soviet flag.) The Red Scare led to a range of actions that had a profound and enduring effect on U.S. government and society. Federal employees were analyzed to determine whether they were sufficiently loyal to the government, and the House Un-American Activities Committee, as well as U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, investigated allegations of subversive elements in the government and the Hollywood film industry. The climate of fear and repression linked to the Red Scare finally began to ease by the late 1950s.
The repressive climate after World War I (1919) was evidenced by “The Red Scare” – America’s fear of communism. A. Mitchell Palmer, Woodrow Wilson’s Attorney General believed that Communism was undermining the American way of life demonstrating his dislike of political dissent. The nation was dealing with several serious social conflicts like strikes, Women’s Suffrage and the Chicago race riots, as well as a series of suspected anarchist bombings in cities across the U.S. The Palmer Raids came to signify targeting of innocent people as “Communists” including celebrities, authors, women suffragists, political dissenters and immigrants. The Red Scare signified overzealous law enforcement based on suppression of free speech and a need for conformity and consensus that later characterized the “Cold War” period and fueled the fear of Communist that was the backdrop to the Korean War.
Fears of communism had risen after the Second Red Scare, led by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, indirectly calling for a policy to limit Communist Threat: NSC-68. In accordance with NSC-68, a report which stated that all communist activities were controlled by Joseph Stalin, leader of the USSR, and called for military and economic aid to any country deemed to be resisting Communist threats, the United States sent troops to South Korea when it was invaded by the North on June 25, 1950. While it contradicted the report, in that the United States was once again at war (the report stated that the United States should avoid war), President Harry S. Truman feared a 'domino effect,' and wanted to prevent Communism spreading, stating:
"If we let Korea down, the Soviets will keep right on going and swallow up one piece of Asia after another.... If we were to let Asia go, the Near East would collapse and no telling what would happen in Europe.... Korea is like the Greece of the Far East. If we are tough enough now, if we stand up to them like we did in Greece three years ago, they won't take any more steps."
As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. (Communists were often referred to as "Reds" for their allegiance to the red Soviet flag.) The Red Scare led to a range of actions that had a profound and enduring effect on U.S. government and society. Federal employees were analyzed to determine whether they were sufficiently loyal to the government, and the House Un-American Activities Committee, as well as U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, investigated allegations of subversive elements in the government and the Hollywood film industry. The climate of fear and repression linked to the Red Scare finally began to ease by the late 1950s.