Who Started the Korean War?
The Korean war broke out on June 25 1950.
Taking advantage of the end of WWII and Japan’s defeat, the Americans occupied south Korea militarily, set up a pro-US puppet regime and stepped up the preparations for “northward expedition” to dominate the whole of Korea.
The then US president Truman appointed MacArthur as the commander of the US Forces in the Far East in 1946, which was formed with most of the former US forces in the Pacific, and ordered him to complete the plan for invading the DPRK and other Far Eastern countries.
Accordingly, G-3 and G-2, research groups involving KATO secret service staffed with former Japanese brass hats, were formed in the MacArthhur Command to study an operations plan and intelligence activities for war.
They drew up the ABC plan for the invasion of the Far East which was ratified by the US Joint Chiefs of Staff in January 1950.
On the basis of “Plan A” the US worked out the northern strategic plan in early 1949.
The plan was designed to land on the east and west coasts while breaking through the 38th parallel head-on to occupy Pyongyang and Wonsan in one go and then advance up to the Amnok and Tuman Rivers.
The “northward expedition” envisaged launching all the ground and naval operations under the backing of the US Naval Air Force.
After examining and revising the war scenario between late 1949 and early 1950, the US decided to start war with the operation of the 38th parallel breakthrough and worked out the secret plan NSC-68 reflecting the strategy for world domination.
The plan that was ratified by the US National Security Council on April 2 1950 included the issues of committing the US and satellite forces to the Korean front after starting the war.
To expand its forces that would be the mainstay in the war the US enacted the conscription law in peacetime unprecedentedly and sharply increased the military spending, while organizing and expanding the south Korean puppet army.
Just before the war the south Korean puppet army expanded into a 100 000-strong army including 93 000-strong ground force, 3 000-strong air force and 15 000-strong naval force.
In addition, the Youth Defense Corps, a reserve involving more than 200 000 young people, and the Student Defense Corps involving middle school students were formed.
A Western publication reported at the time that 1.25 million south Korean young people received military training according to the US war scenario and the aim of the training was to ensure a 10 to 1 numerical superiority over the north Korean People's Army.
Regarding it as a prerequisite for war preparations to take control of the south Korean army, the US posted its officers as commanders of the local army units to make them conscript the locals, form units and train them.
The Americans signed the Transitional Temporary Status of Forces Agreement on Military Affairs and Security with Syngman Rhee.
Having taken the command of the puppet army and jurisdiction over its military bases and facilities, the Americans provided it with a huge amount of military aid, weapons, combat and technical equipment, warships and aircrafts.
Most of the south Korean forces armed with the help of the US were deployed in the areas along the 38th parallel under the command of the US officers.
This is evidenced by American book “History of the Korean War” which said that when the US presidential envoy Dulles inspected the 38th parallel on June 18 he saw that most of Syngman Rhee’s army was deployed along the parallel.
Dulles making final examination of the plan of invasion of
the DPRK in a trench along the 38th parallel (June 18, 1950)
To mobilize the US and satellite forces under the name of the UN the Americans cooked up an argument of “southward invasion” by the north and worked out a draft resolution to form the UN Forces before the start of the war.
This shows that the US is to blame for leading the 15 satellite countries’ forces to kill the Korean people.
On the basis of such preparations the US started the anti-DPRK war on June 25 1950.
Although they failed in the war the Americans are still pursuing the anti-DPRK policy to realize their wild ambition to conquer it.
Due to their desperate bid to form the international encirclement ring to isolate the DPRK under the pretext of its recent satellite launch for peaceful purposes the Korean Armistice Agreement has been abrogated and the constant danger of war hovers on the Korean Peninsula.
The DPRK that is fully ready to respond to the US invasion with resolute punishment is building up its nuclear deterrent for self-defence, closely following the aggressors’ war moves.
The US and its followers should remember that invaders will meet with merciless retaliation.