ЛАНЬКОВ: Как и почему началась война в Корее?

Andrei Lankov is a renowned Korean scholar and professor whose lectures and interviews on North Korea consistently garner millions of views. Andrei Nikolaevich now has an official channel. Subscribe! In this lecture, Andrei Lankov will discuss the beginning of the Korean War—how events unfolded in June 1950, what led to North Korea's surprise attack on South Korea, and the roles played by the USSR, China, and the United States. Why did Kim Il-sung decide to invade? How did the world powers respond, and how did the fate of the Korean Peninsula change in the first weeks of the conflict? And why, despite decades of fighting, is this war still considered unfinished? You can SUPPORT the release of new videos and gain access to Andrey Nikolaevich's BONUS VIDEOS here: For Russian maps - https://web.tribute.tg/l/Kp Backup option for Russian maps - https://boosty.to/lankov_official For foreign maps - Patreon: lankov_official Andrey Lankov's Telegram channel: https://t.me/a_lankov 00:00:00 – The War the Superpowers Didn't Want 00:02:10 – The Accidental Division of Korea 00:03:11 – Right-Wing Pyongyang, Left-Wing Seoul 00:05:22 – The 38th Parallel: A Border on Paper 00:06:41 – The Allied Plan: Guardianship of Korea 00:10:16 – The Korean Revolt Against Foreign Guardianship 00:11:44 – The Cold War cements the split 00:13:56 – Creating armies under the guise of "police" 00:14:42 – Moscow's protégé: Captain Kim Il Sung 00:15:35 – Washington's choice: Syngman Rhee 00:16:35 – 1948: The Birth of Two States 00:17:04 – Both Koreas plan to take over the entire country 00:18:29 – The Communist mission: Bringing paradise to the South 00:19:29 – The South's crusade against communism 00:20:38 – Poor Korea – outside the interests of the superpowers 00:21:42 – Total Soviet control over the North 00:23:14 – Belligerent Seoul and the US arms embargo 00:25:26 – Kim Il Sung seeks authorization for war 00:26:42 – Stalin against: betting on Guerrilla 00:27:49 – Guerrilla Warfare in the Late 1940s 00:32:43 – The Myth of a "General Uprising" in the South 00:33:20 – Information from the South – Kim Il Sung's Monopoly 00:44:47 – Autumn 1949: The USSR Gets the Bomb, Victory in China 00:45:55 – The US Excludes Korea from the Defense Perimeter 00:48:54 – January 1950: Stalin Ready to Approve the Invasion 00:49:36 – January 17, 1950: Kim's Desperate Plea 00:52:13 – Moscow Gives the Green Light 00:52:52 – Kim Secretly Flies to Moscow 00:54:06 – The War is Hidden from Mao Over Taiwan 00:58:25 – Illusion Blitzkrieg: Counting on 200,000 partisans 00:59:16 – Stalin's condition: the USSR will not intervene directly 01:01:25 – May 14, 1950: The war plan is revealed to the Chinese 01:02:49 – Mao reacts immediately: prepares troops 01:04:38 – June 25, 1950: The North takes Seoul in three days 01:05:22 – The US intervenes – the North's plans collapse 01:05:33 – Lesson: You can't blindly trust a dependent ally For advertising and cooperation inquiries: [email protected] #lankov