First Manchu-Korean War

First Manchu-Korean War
Part of the Cold War
Date 28th June 1950 – 30th July 1953 Location Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Liaodong Peninsula Result Status quo ante bellum Manchu invasion of Korea repelled League of Nations invasion of Manchuria repelled Dismantlement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Manchu-Korean Armistice agreement
Belligerents
LN Command Korea United States Britain Combat units Australia Belgium Canada France Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand South Africa Thailand Turkey Medical Support Denmark India Italy Israel Norway Sierra Sweden Other Support Cuba El Salvador Japan Spain	Manchuria Democratic People's Republic of Korea China Soviet Union Medical Support Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Romania Other Support India Mongolia
Commanders and leaders
Yi Un Syngman Rhee Chung Il-kwon Paik Sun-yup Douglas MacArthur Harry S. Truman Dwight Eisenhower Clement Atlee	Xu Xiaobao Qian Yiu-tong Kim Il-Sung Pak Hon-yong Mao Zedong Peng Dehuai Joseph Stalin Nikita Khrushchev
Strength
702,902 326,863 14,198 And others 8,123 5,453 2,282 1,600 1,385 1,290 File:Flag of Greece.jpg 1,263 1,185 1,068 900 826 819 170 105 100 72 70 44	978,120 166,600 1,350,000 26,000
Casualties and losses
178,426 dead and 32,925 missing	567,283–950,282 dead

The First Manchu-Korean War was a war between Korea and Manchuria which lasted from the 28^th June 1950 to the 30^th July 1953. The war saw Korea supported by a League of Nations coalition force led by the United States and Britain and Manchuria by the Soviet Union and China, being caused partly by the increasing tensions brought about by the Cold War.

The war was initiated following US military withdrawal from Korea which had been occupied by American troops since the end of World War Two. Following communist victory in the Chinese Civil War the Manchu government became increasingly paranoid that the Soviet Union would allow China to annexe Manchuria. To affirm regional hegemony Manchuria invaded Korea in June 1950 which had faced communist insurgencies since 1945 with Manchuria quickly overrunning the north of the country. A puppet regime headed by Kim Il-Sung was installed and based around the city of Pyongyang. This caused the LN to pass a decree that saw American and British troops led by Douglas MacArthur assist Korean forces. After the first few months of the conflict Korea's capital Seoul was taken by communist forces - however in 1950 an ambitious amphibian based assault was launched on the Liaodong Peninsula which subsequently saw Korean forces over run the Jilin and Liaoning provinces of Manchuria. This prompted China to launch a counter attack on Korean forces forcing them to the 38^th parallel. The war continued to be fought mainly around Pyongyang - however by 1953 Manchu forces had been pushed back to the Manchu-Korean boarder. In July 1953 Korea and Manchuria officially signed an armistice agreement that saw the Korean communist regime dissolved.

The conflict was notable for exacerbating East-West relations in Asia. It saw the US and Britain participate in the first major conflict since the end of WWII as well as establish Korea as a firm ally to the west. China also was able to affirm its status as a regional power, occupying Manchuria for several years following the war.

Background

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Manchu People's Republic
Organizations Communist Party of Manchuria • Shūjìchù • Young Communist League • Supreme People's Assembly • National Democratic Council • Manchu People's Revolutionary Army • Youth-Communist Pioneer Organization • Remin Wanabo • Democratic Front for Socialism
Leaders Xu Xiaobao • Qian Yiu-tong • Tao Shiyou • Yuan Xiang
Ideology Black River Protocol • Manchu Communism
Policies Collectivisation • Nationalisation • Literacy campaigns • Five-Year Plans • Health Reform Programme • Two-child policy • Nuclear Program
Culture Manchunisation • Women • Zhongshan Movement
Repression Censorship • Reeducation • Prison Camps • Red Terror • Anti-Reactionary Campaign
Protests and resistance 1940s resistance • Radical Revisionism • Manchurian Union of Free Workers' • Orchid Revolution
Foreign relations Korean War • Manchu-Soviet Treaty of Friendship • Lannese Communist Insurgence • Tianjin Agreement • October Crisis

Aftermath

Second Manchu-Korean War

Main article: Second Manchu-Korean War

See also

• Cold War