At that time, South Korea invaded China, just like American mercenaries. Why do you say that? The United States provides equipment, training, transportation and logistics for the Korean army, and pays all the expenses of the Korean army in Vietnam (including $800 million paid by Japan). South Korean soldiers stationed in Vietnam received material rewards that were twice the average salary of South Korea at that time. During the ten years when South Korea sent troops to Vietnam, the Korean economy maintained an annual growth rate of about 10%, ranking first in the world at that time. Exports and foreign exchange reserves have also increased by nearly 30 times. It can be seen that South Korea has gained huge benefits from participating in the Vietnam War, and its boasted economic take-off is actually war money.
In the Vietnam War, more than 4,960 North Korean soldiers were killed and more than 65,438+10,000 people were injured. Killed 4 1, more than 450 Vietnamese. The enemy destroyed is ten times its own loss, which was once the brilliant record boasted by the Korean army.
It is quite abnormal that South Korea played a cruel role on the civilian population on the battlefield in Vietnam as it did when the Japanese invaded South Korea:
-Gather ordinary people (mostly women, the elderly and children) in one place and shoot them with machine guns.
-blocking a civilian family at home and shooting them to death, burning down the house regardless of life and death.
-Cut off the child's head, cut off his limbs and throw them into the fire
-Kill a woman after being strong, cut open the pregnant woman's belly to expose the fetus, and trample on it with military boots.
-Drive civilians into caves and release poison gas to kill them
According to the investigation of war crimes in central Vietnam on March 9 and 20, 1966, the Korean army killed more than 200 civilians in this area alone, including 8 civilians.
The crimes committed by the Korean army in the Vietnam War are similar to the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders on the land of China. However, it is understandable that many Japanese troops in World War II were Koreans occupied by Japan at that time. Of course, they are all Japanese now. Moreover, many people in the Korean army at that time were Japanese veterans who participated in the war of aggression against China. The "glorious tradition" of their predecessors has been vividly displayed on the land of Vietnam.
South Korean troops killed civilians so cruelly in Vietnam, but they tried to escape normal fighting, not to mention the guerrillas of the South Vietnamese National Liberation Front. Even in the search operation in Vietnam's * * * base area, which is not in the front line and the enemy's situation is unknown, the killing behavior of men, women and children is justified.