What are the famous "gambling on national luck" events in world history?

1June, 950, the Korean War broke out. At first, the Korean army was in full swing and was about to unify the peninsula. But at the critical moment, the United States made a move to cut off the North Korean army in Incheon, which reversed the war situation and pushed the front back to the border between China and North Korea.

In September of that year, after careful study by the central authorities, it was decided that in order to avoid future troubles, the volunteers secretly crossed the Yalu River and were determined to push the US troops into the sea. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has begun. The battle went from 1950 to 1953. Because neither China nor the United States had the strength to defeat the other, they finally signed an armistice agreement.

We usually think that China is the biggest beneficiary of the Korean War, because we played a national prestige and swept away our inferiority complex towards western countries since the Opium War. But in fact, in this process of engagement, we really are not the biggest beneficiaries, but the Soviet Union is.

Because the Soviet Union was under great external pressure before the war, it was almost a living target of western countries. No matter what the Soviet Union does, Britain and the United States are staring at the Soviet Union. Under such heavy pressure, the pressure of the Soviet Union can be imagined. But after the war, America's attention moved eastward, and the Soviet Union had a breathing space. It was at this time that the Soviet Union took the opportunity to expand in Europe. Later, the Soviet Union's deterrence against Europe was laid at this time. Therefore, the Soviet Union is the biggest winner.

After the Korean War, the Soviet Union saw the importance of China in the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, so it began to vigorously assist China, and within a few years, it helped China to establish a framework of heavy industry.

Of course, we know that the Soviet Union is not so good. The premise of the Soviet Union's great assistance to China is that China can be used against the United States. If China is useless, the Soviet Union will not give China a good look.

So in a few years, the Soviet Union showed its true colors. When the Soviet Union interfered in China's internal affairs, it proposed to set up a long-wave radio station in Ningbo and a Sino-Soviet joint fleet in Lushun. China regarded this as a violation of China's sovereignty and broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union decisively.

Who was the happiest when China and the Soviet Union quarreled? It is India.

1959 In April, India hooked up with the Soviet Union. After obtaining a loan of 65.438+0.5 billion rubles from the Soviet Union, it began to tear off all previous peace disguises and occupy China and Tibet. In 1959, the central government's control over Tibet was quite weak. Although the People's Liberation Army had entered Tibet at that time, Tibet's government affairs were still controlled by the former local high-level. These people have been flirting with India and planning independence, and Tibetans have listened to their bewitching. This has brought great trouble to our army in countering Indian occupation.

Therefore, at that time, the central government's opinion was to solve the Sino-Indian border friction by peaceful means. To this end, 1960, China and India held talks at the prime minister level. But our goodwill, India does not buy it. India believes that Tibet is the sphere of influence of the former British Indian colony, and India has taken over the British heritage in South Asia in an all-round way. Tibet should also be the sphere of influence of India.

China people say that Tibet is the territory of China. Why? India does not recognize it. Because the differences between the two sides are too great. 1960 sino-Indian talks at the prime minister level ended without results. After that, India continued to encroach on Tibet. And crossed the McMahon line and stationed a brigade north of this line.

The Soviet Union was very happy to see this scene and immediately provided India with a full set of Soviet-made weapons, which could arm 13 army divisions and 2 air divisions. Seeing that the Soviet Union frequently assisted India, the United States was worried that India might be pulled over, so it was very anxious. So at that time, the United States, together with Britain and other NATO organizations, assisted all American equipment of India 18 infantry brigade. The Soviet Union and the United States added fuel to the fire, once again fueling India's arrogance.

Of course, in the 1960 s, the number one strategic enemy of the United States was still the Soviet Union. Therefore, while wooing India, the United States is also actively deploying troops in Europe. While the Soviet Union was not paying attention, it deployed missiles in Italy and Turkey. Seeing that the front door was about to catch fire, the Soviet Union immediately launched a counterattack and began to deploy missiles and atomic bombs to Cuba near the United States. However, it was discovered by the US military during the deployment process, and the Cuban missile crisis broke out.