The British And The Korean War

After the Korean War broke out Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union all have reference into this war for their interests, So that the Korean War evolved from the civil war into an international local war. The reason why British participation in a war far from home, which have their own considerations. First, for the anti-Soviet "cold war" policy needs. After World War II, Britain’s domestic politics choose to rely on the United States and resist the Soviet. After the Korean War broke out, the British Government believes that the Soviet Union behind the scenes manipulation, must support South Korea to prevent the Soviet "expansion", against the same mistakes as before World War II. Secondly, in order to safeguard the interests of the British Far East. Finally, the UK is mainly to maintain the Anglo-American alliance. After World War II, Britain urgent need to restore the economy has been severely damaged by the war. Under prevailing conditions, the United Kingdom is difficult to rely on their own strength once again become a great power. Britain want to depend on the United States to restore the economy, so Britain actively consolidate Anglo-American alliance on the diplomatic.Conflict on the Korean peninsula intensified the Cold War. Before the Korean War, American and Soviet spheres of influence around the world to compete for the two camps gradually intensified confrontation. After the Korean War, the British policy-makers believe that the reason of the Korean War is the Soviet Union supposition. Become of the considerations of the Cold War Policy, the British actively supported US aid South Korea against the Soviet Union. The United States which have played a major role in the throughout Korean War achieve supports of the British, this highlights the UK as a strategic ally of the US role. In the early days of the Korean War, the British are very active in supporting the United States in the political and military action. In the UN Security Council, the United Kingdom actively supports various resolutions related to the Korean War by the United States, and send their own troops. The Korean War turned into a local international war from a local war. In this process, Britain has played a certain role.Britain played a more important role to prevent broadening scale from the Korean War. Although Britain supported the United States act of aggression against Korea, but against the expansion of the scale in the Korean War, especially the expansion of the war into China. England against the United States will be linked on North Korea and the Taiwan issue. Britain resolutely opposes the US use of the atomic bomb to China. With the Korean situation is not conducive to United Nations forces, Britain actively promoted US truce talks with China, this played an important role to reach a truce and armistice negotiations.