- by winter of that year the war was again declared almost lost.
- From distant Tokyo, MacArthur seemed more interested in shifting blame for the looming American defeat to appeasers back home than in finding a way to salvage victory.
- The defeatism Ridgway found upon landing in Korea appalled him.
- there were no plans for counteroffensives—only contingencies for regrouping at Pusan or evacuating to Japan.
- the general who rallied a beaten Eighth Army from the brink of defeat in Korea in 1951.
- The defeatism ran from privates through sergeants all the way up to the generals. He was particularly appalled by the atmosphere in the Eighth Army’s main command post in Taegu. There they were talking about withdrawing from Korea, frantically planning how to avoid a Dunkirk.
- Ridgway’s reaction to this defeatism was drastic: He cabled the Pentagon that he wanted to relieve almost every division commander and artillery commander in EUSAK.
大吹美军如何强大的应该读一读美国人自己写的东西。
第八军是一只被打败的军队。
https://englishhighalumni.org/2021/08/22/the-english-high-school-alumnus-who-saved-a-war-and-a-country/
- by winter of that year the war was again declared almost lost.
- From distant Tokyo, MacArthur seemed more interested in shifting blame for the looming American defeat to appeasers back home than in finding a way to salvage victory.
- The defeatism Ridgway found upon landing in Korea appalled him.
- there were no plans for counteroffensives—only contingencies for regrouping at Pusan or evacuating to Japan.
https://www.historynet.com/man-saved-korea/
- the general who rallied a beaten Eighth Army from the brink of defeat in Korea in 1951.
- The defeatism ran from privates through sergeants all the way up to the generals. He was particularly appalled by the atmosphere in the Eighth Army’s main command post in Taegu. There they were talking about withdrawing from Korea, frantically planning how to avoid a Dunkirk.
- Ridgway’s reaction to this defeatism was drastic: He cabled the Pentagon that he wanted to relieve almost every division commander and artillery commander in EUSAK.
seriously.
世界上怕就怕认真二字
双方都投入大量的人力、物力，卷在了绞肉机了，死伤无数. 尤其是势均力敌的战争，只能是惨
是掳掠人口，南韩军驱赶他们使他们离开，以损伤北朝鲜的国力。开战时北朝鲜900万人口，南韩2100人口。减少北朝鲜人口是釜底抽薪， 也使长津湖成为无人区。
有什么序？过桥之前都是仓皇逃窜。志愿军没想到炸了几次桥还能空投再修。
开船前所有舰炮打光炮弹，港口所有军火炸毁一切 。
老毛为了"保家卫国"，不得不主动出击，毕竟历史上中朝关系是"唇齿相依"
老毛一开始就知道美国不好惹，也知道最终结局中国不可能打败美国，但知道美国因为国内舆论，不允许伤亡过重。
"包饺子"战术是解放军一贯打法，只是不适用于太多钢铁的美军。