Wouldn’t this make it a proxy war between US and China?
North Korea and China sought approval and followed orders from USSR. It was assumed so at the time as a common sense, and now we have mountains of incontrovertible evidences from declassified papers.
Anyway, back to Ukraine. I think the years 2014-2021 may have matched your analogy better.
2014-2021 matches 1948-1950 better. Yeosun rebellion by South Korean Workers’ Party had 3000 dead, with similar size of territory affected and with similar intensity.
The support for Ukraine, both verbal and material, is huge across the Europe.
UN intervened in Korean War. 16 countries sent troops to Korean War under UN forces. That doesn’t change the fact that most troops and material support was from US.
That may have worked in WW2 when anyone could have picked up a fallen soldier’s assault rifle and started shooting, but this war is mostly about artillery shooting missiles at each other’s positions, and it does not make any difference how many humans were standing at the place where the missile falls.
You seem to have mistaken ideas about WW2 and Korean War. WW2 too was a war of artillery and air raid, Korean War even more so. Still, numbers are important, and even with complete air superiority US couldn’t repel China’s numbers.
Russians are slowly running out of supplies, and their economy is unable to provide more.
China is the wild card. I agree Russia can’t build much, but China can build pretty much anything.
During this year, over 60,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine, that’s how much USA lost in Vietnam over a decade.
US lost >30,000 in Korean War. China lost >180,000. Losses in War in Ukraine, both Russia side and Ukraine side, are not uniquely high compared to Korean War. In other words, Vietnam War was a low intensity war, and is not suitable for comparison. Yes, 60,000/yr should be unsustainable, it’s a terrible loss for humanity, but sadly it’s not.
Out of the original territory of Ukraine still occupied by Russia, Ukraine conquered about 10% back during September.
As you admitted, I see you are not familiar with Korean War. With amphibious landing at Incheon, UN forces conquered back 100% of lost territory in two weeks between 15 September 1950 and 1 October 1950. Within a month (26 October 1950) UN forces reached China-North Korea border.
China is the wild card. I agree Russia can’t build much, but China can build pretty much anything.
I agree that if China does something unexpected, it could change the situation dramatically. As far as I know, that didn’t happen yet. Maybe China is okay with Russia becoming weaker? No idea.
Thank you for the interesting information! I am completely out of my depth here, so no specific reply.
North Korea and China sought approval and followed orders from USSR. It was assumed so at the time as a common sense, and now we have mountains of incontrovertible evidences from declassified papers.
2014-2021 matches 1948-1950 better. Yeosun rebellion by South Korean Workers’ Party had 3000 dead, with similar size of territory affected and with similar intensity.
UN intervened in Korean War. 16 countries sent troops to Korean War under UN forces. That doesn’t change the fact that most troops and material support was from US.
You seem to have mistaken ideas about WW2 and Korean War. WW2 too was a war of artillery and air raid, Korean War even more so. Still, numbers are important, and even with complete air superiority US couldn’t repel China’s numbers.
China is the wild card. I agree Russia can’t build much, but China can build pretty much anything.
US lost >30,000 in Korean War. China lost >180,000. Losses in War in Ukraine, both Russia side and Ukraine side, are not uniquely high compared to Korean War. In other words, Vietnam War was a low intensity war, and is not suitable for comparison. Yes, 60,000/yr should be unsustainable, it’s a terrible loss for humanity, but sadly it’s not.
As you admitted, I see you are not familiar with Korean War. With amphibious landing at Incheon, UN forces conquered back 100% of lost territory in two weeks between 15 September 1950 and 1 October 1950. Within a month (26 October 1950) UN forces reached China-North Korea border.
I agree that if China does something unexpected, it could change the situation dramatically. As far as I know, that didn’t happen yet. Maybe China is okay with Russia becoming weaker? No idea.
Thank you for the interesting information! I am completely out of my depth here, so no specific reply.