Ground Forces In The Korean War 195053 1 The North Korean Peoples Army And The Chinese Peoples Volunteer Army 2024th Edition Benjamin Lai by Benjamin Lai, Zhao Guoxing 9781472861016, 9781472861023, 1472861019, 1472861027 instant download after payment.

To the Chinese, Korea was China’s vulnerable “back door.” Japan’s invasions of China during the 19th and 20th centuries took place via Korea, while Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910 gave Japan a foothold on the Asian mainland. The United Nations’ involvement in what the Chinese saw as a Korean civil war alarmed the Chinese authorities as General Douglas MacArthur’s forces headed northward after the Incheon landing (September 15–25, 1950), and prompted the involvement of Chinese forces in the Korean War. The Chinese forces operating in Korea were known as the People’s Volunteer Army (PVA), created especially for the conflict by transferring complete divisions from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), honed by many years of warfare against the Japanese and recently victorious in the Chinese Civil War (1946–49).