Korean War 70 years later Win Lose and A draw

I've long heard rumors about this but was able to track down.

Often times PVA crossing the Yalu River in 1950 is depicted as in board daylight with band playing March of the People's Volunteer Army. We now know the crossing happened largely at night to avoid detection and bombing by UN forces, and it turns out the music thing is historically inaccurate too:


CCTV managed to track down a conductor who was part of Liaodong Military District at the time and was at the crossing point for a month. According to him, PVA entered Korea with such speed that March of the People's Volunteer Army was still in the process of being written, as such they played whatever music they knew like Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army, March of the Cavalrymen and Soviet military music. And when asked if he could remember any of the tunes the conductor immediately went for Farewell of Slavianka, he apparently didn't know what the song was called back then.

North Korean officers and US POWs having some fun...

I remember to watch or read somewhere, that the initial force that China used to intervene in Korean War was Lin Biao's North East Military Command. It was considered as PLA Elite unit back then, during their war against Kuomintang. Now, we all know that Lin Biao rejected the position as the commander in chief, and Peng Dehuai replaced him.

But, let say, what if Lin Biao accept the position back then. What was the different outcome will happen? I read that Lin Biao was considered as the most brilliant PLA Marshall back then. I also read somewhere that he was also a genius in war. What is the different between Lin Biao's way of thinking and Peng Dehuai?

PVA pilot and hero Zhang Jihui 张积慧 died yesterday 2023年4月26日 age 96.

He shot down 4 enemy aricraft, including F-86 Sabre ace George Andrew Davis.

Interviews with old PVA veterans, now over 90 years old.

A old PLA solider who attended Korean war and got medals praised the modern Chinese small weapon.

For 70th anniversary of the armistice both Russia and China are sending high level delegations. The Russian delegation is lead by defence minister Shoigu while Chinese delegation is lead by Politburo member Li Hongzhong

Documentary of PLAAF and tank crews in Korea:

Who do you think started the Korean War first?
From MSM, it's usually said that the North attacked the South first. But then there are some sources that said the South (maybe planned to) attacked the North first.

Does anyone have any declassified documents regarding this?

sabiothailand said:

Who do you think started the Korean War first?
From MSM, it's usually said that the North attacked the South first. But then there are some sources that said the South (maybe planned to) attacked the North first.

Does anyone have any declassified documents regarding this?

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Afaik both sides agree the north attacked first. What China says is that they had valid reasons for it, as the dictatorship in the south were massacring their own population under the guise of "disloyalty". That these massacres were taking place were not disputed by US either, but I guess US claims the north merely attacked because they had territorial ambitions. I don't exactly know what is NK's own official narrative.