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US led UN army's mandate was to restore South Korea, but later as the war situation evolved to the great advantage of UN army as it pushed North Korea army back to the 38th parallel easily, MacArthur and Truman broke UN mandate and wanted to occupy North Korea and possibly some Chinese territory too later on. This occupation of North Korea was unacceptable to China as the action threatened China's security with US hostile to China. So China entered the war and pushed the UN army 600 KM south to the 38th parallel where the war was started in the first place. Chinese ground army fought with very primitive weapons compared to US led UN army, air force and navy combined especially in the first year and half, but with great courage, skills, tactics and strategy that turned the tide of the war dramatically. Soviet weapons to the Chinese army didn't arrive near the end of the war and these firepower weapons especially ”Katyusha“ did a lot to help determine the final stand or result of the war.
Chinese military tactics were absolutely brilliant.
Excerpt: Tactics of the Chinese Communists in the Korean War
The first job of Chinese Communist forces when they invaded North Korea in autumn 1950 was to stop the United Nations advance, which was nearing the Yalu River.
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A Survey: China and the Korean War on JSTOR
Jun Yasuda, A Survey: China and the Korean War, Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Apr., 1998), pp. 71-83
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US-led forces were stunned and had no choice but to retreat and regroup for another push due to loss of Seoul among other South Korean regions for the 2nd time. Some of the biggest battles of the war were fought in 1951.
Equipment matters but tactics are equally important and can be very impactful in battles.
1. North Korean military demonstrated impressive gains in South Korea in 1950 but MacArther's tactical maneuvering in inchon paid off in response.
2. Operation Desert Storm was also brilliantly executed in terms of tactics in 1991.
Apache Attack | Air & Space Forces Magazine
The helicopters would open the war. They had to take out Iraq's early warning net, and they had to get
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