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General Category => Military/Defense News => Military History => Topic started by: TomSea on April 10, 2020, 05:30:40 pm
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The Korean War Saved Taiwan From The Clutches Of Chairman Mao
by Ian Easton
Key point: The invasion of Taiwan was put on hold until Beijing could figure out what to do.
In the summer of 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his Republic of China (ROC) government appeared doomed. Shanghai and Nanjing, then China’s capital city, had fallen to Mao Zedong's communist forces, and Chiang's units all over China were collapsing under the weight of mass attack and defections.
Southeastern China's harbors were clogged with ships ferrying ROC government officials, troops and treasure to Taiwan, the final redoubt of “Free China.†Soon, only a long string of offshore islands stretching from Zhoushan in the north down to Hainan in the south would be left under Chiang's control. It was at this pivotal moment in history that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) began planning the invasion of Taiwan.
From June 1949 to June 1950, PLA generals under Mao Zedong undertook intensive battle planning and preparations for what was to become the formative strategic challenge facing China’s new communist leadership. An unexpected turn of history kept Mao and his generals from putting their Taiwan invasion plan into action. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, and U.S. President Harry Truman swiftly decided to save South Korea’s friendly government, while also ordering the U.S. Seventh Fleet to prevent a possible Chinese invasion across the Taiwan Strait.
Read more at: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/korean-war-saved-taiwan-clutches-chairman-mao-142852
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Bull, in 1950 the Chicoms did not possess the means to invade Taiwan. They were worried about an invasion from Taiwan! That is until the idiot Truman order the 7th fleet to parole the Taiwan straight to prevent an invasion. And guess where all those 300,000+ troops went? Yup, you guessed it, Korea. Truman was a horrible president. He made one good call.
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A mistake the UN has been working overtime to correct since the 1960's. This WHO business is only an extension of that policy.
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Bull, in 1950 the Chicoms did not possess the means to invade Taiwan. They were worried about an invasion from Taiwan! That is until the idiot Truman order the 7th fleet to parole the Taiwan straight to prevent an invasion. And guess where all those 300,000+ troops went? Yup, you guessed it, Korea. Truman was a horrible president. He made one good call.
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