Why did the Chinese get involved with the Korean War?

Answer 1

* North Korea had been a client state of China's since WWII ended. * The UN forces were knocking hard on its Southern border. * US aviation forces frequently intruded on its airspace. * MacArthur's threatened use of nuclear weapons. * It felt secure because of Soviet backing.

Answer 2

The Chinese entered the Korean War in response to UN attacks that crossed the 38th Parallel while expelling North Korean troops that invaded the South in June, 1950.

The Chinese wanted to avoid the occupation of North Korea, which like China was a communist state. Both China and the Soviet Union supplied North Korea with arms and other materials throughout the war. Soviet and Chinese aircraft flew against the UN forces.

Two Invasions

After UN forces drove the North Koreans out of South Korea in October, 1950, the Chinese launched a massive ground assault that overran South Korea. Over the next two years, US and UN forces managed to again push north, countering new offensives, so that the borders of the 1953 armistice were roughly the same as before the war.

Answer 3

When UN forces pushed the North Koreans out of South Korea, they kept pushing until they got too close to the Chinese border for China's comfort. China then joined the North Koreans to get the UN soldiers away from itself.

Answer 4

Communism, Influence and control over the Korean peninsula it is know for wars in Asian linking attacks from multiple nation to other nations.