The Sino-Soviet Border War of 1969 V1
Dmitry Ryabushkin & Harold Orenstein
The victory of the communists in the Chinese civil war resulted in
the formation of a new socialist state in Asia – the People’s Republic
of China (PRC). The Soviet leadership was the first to recognize the
PRC, and subsequently provided China with considerable economic,
scientific, and military assistance. After Stalin’s death, however,
relations between Moscow and Peking began to rapidly deteriorate, the
main reasons being the disagreements regarding Stalin’s legacy and the
principles of co-existence with capitalist states.
With the
beginning of the so-called ‘cultural revolution’ in the PRC, these
disagreements intensified: the two sides in the ideological conflict
accused each other of revisionism, dogmatism and nationalism. Economic
failures and social chaos forced the PRC leadership (first and foremost,
Mao Zedong personally) to seek a method for divesting itself of the
responsibility for what had taken place. As a solution, they organized a
military conflict on the border with the Soviet Union – one that was
adequate enough to mobilize and rally the people around the PRC
leadership, while at the same time insignificant enough in scale to
prevent it from escalating into a full-fledged war.
On 2 March
1969, a specially prepared Chinese army detachment made a surprise
attack on the Soviet border guards who were patrolling the border sector
in the area of Damansky Island on the Ussuri River. In the subsequent
battle, the dead alone on both sides numbered more than 50. Two weeks
later, on 15 March 1969, a much larger battle took place in this same
area, in which the two sides used artillery and armored vehicles; the
casualties numbered in the hundreds.
There were conflicts along
the entire Sino-Soviet border – from Primorye to Central Asia – in the
following weeks and months. Although smaller in scale than the Damansky
events, men still died in them. Shooting on Damansky continued
practically into mid-September.
…
the formation of a new socialist state in Asia – the People’s Republic
of China (PRC). The Soviet leadership was the first to recognize the
PRC, and subsequently provided China with considerable economic,
scientific, and military assistance. After Stalin’s death, however,
relations between Moscow and Peking began to rapidly deteriorate, the
main reasons being the disagreements regarding Stalin’s legacy and the
principles of co-existence with capitalist states.
With the
beginning of the so-called ‘cultural revolution’ in the PRC, these
disagreements intensified: the two sides in the ideological conflict
accused each other of revisionism, dogmatism and nationalism. Economic
failures and social chaos forced the PRC leadership (first and foremost,
Mao Zedong personally) to seek a method for divesting itself of the
responsibility for what had taken place. As a solution, they organized a
military conflict on the border with the Soviet Union – one that was
adequate enough to mobilize and rally the people around the PRC
leadership, while at the same time insignificant enough in scale to
prevent it from escalating into a full-fledged war.
On 2 March
1969, a specially prepared Chinese army detachment made a surprise
attack on the Soviet border guards who were patrolling the border sector
in the area of Damansky Island on the Ussuri River. In the subsequent
battle, the dead alone on both sides numbered more than 50. Two weeks
later, on 15 March 1969, a much larger battle took place in this same
area, in which the two sides used artillery and armored vehicles; the
casualties numbered in the hundreds.
There were conflicts along
the entire Sino-Soviet border – from Primorye to Central Asia – in the
following weeks and months. Although smaller in scale than the Damansky
events, men still died in them. Shooting on Damansky continued
practically into mid-September.
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권:
21
년:
2021
출판사:
Helion & Company
언어:
english
페이지:
78
시리즈:
Asia @ War
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