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[quote=YINDUFFY,293659]The Soviet Union declared war on Japan AFTER the atomic bomb was dropped and their troops invaded China driving halfway down  Korea. Soviet influence in the North and United Nations influence in the South was a cruel result of that action. By international agreement made during WW2, Korea was to be freed from Japanese domination and allowed establish themselves as a free and independent country, as they were before 1910.
   The Soviet Union prodded the North to invade and provided equipment and pilots. When the Chinese troops appeared without announcement , UN forces were unsure as to how to deal with this escalation. This led to the Yalu river being a dividing line where UN forces and aircraft would not purposely fly over China but Chinese aircraft would fly from and return to China. Also, bridges allowing military traffic were not allowed to be attacked on the Chinese side.
    I have spoken with some Chinese veterans and have personally known some US veterans of that conflict but I was never assured that the Chinese forces were "volunteers" meaning that they could refuse to fight in Korea.
   I am still amazed that the Beijing Military Museum proudly displays a Soviet-built MiG-15 with North Korean insignia that shot down 8 UN aircraft. The museum also proudly displays  cannon and other military items captured from UN forces and sent back to China.
    I wish Korea were unified but not if the whole country ends up like the North![/quote]

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