Comments by "Akira Nakamoto (中本 明)" (@AkiraNakamoto) on "Korean War | Animated History" video.
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You didn't mention the intrinsic tie between the PRC (communist China) and DPRK (North Korea). Here are the facts I know (I am an amateur historian).
PRC originated from CCP (Chinese Communist Party), and DPRK originated from Manchuria Anti-Japanese United Army (Beijing always tries to call it Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. But it is an anachronism because before 1950 even CCP called the place Manchuria. The name Northeast started after 1950 when DPRK was already founded).
We all know that Soviet was CCP's real father. Soviet gave birth to CCP and fostered CCP to its adulthood until Stalin's death and Mao fought Khrushchev over the ideology split about Stalin. Mao was pro-Stalin. Mao had publically called Stalin as his father and advisor since 1949, while Khrushchev was anti-Stalin after he secured his soviet leadership in late 1950s.
Before CCP's Long March (1935), Manchuria Anti-Japanese United Army was a provincial unit of CCP per soviet's arrangement.
CCP almost died during the Long March. Manchuria Anti-Japanese United Army was completely ignored as CCP could hardly take care of itself.
Soviet then took over the control of Manchuria Anti-Japanese United Army. In other words, after the Long March, CCP in Yan'an and Anti-Japanese United Army in Manchuria became two parallel units under Moscow's control. After WW2, Japan was gone. CCP in Yan'an founded PRC after a 3-year "Chinese civil war" (It is quoted because it is a false name. DPRK pariticipated in the "Chinese civil war"). Anti-Japanese United Army in Manchuria founded DPRK following Soviet's order (Kim Il-sung was selected by Soviet. Otherwise he would be nobody).
The 3-year "Chinese civil war" is a false name, because Stalin gave Japanese Kwan-tung Army's Dalian arsenal and 30,000+ Japanese PoW soldiers to CCP as a free gift. AND DPRK WAS THE TRANSPORTATION ROUTE FOR DALIAN ARSENAL‘S PRODUCTS TO REACH CCP'S MILITARY BASES IN NORTH MANCHURIA.
From Jan 1946 to early 1950s, Dalian Arsenal built by WW2 Japanese Kwan-tung Army was the best arsenal in the entire Asia. Why? Because the arsenals on Japanese islands were bombed to ruins in 1944 and 1945. Two of the arsenals, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were totally erased from earth surface by nukes. Manchuria was fortunately unharmed during the same period. In late half of 1945, Shenyang Arsenal in Manchuria was better than Dalian. However, the Red Army plundered Shenyang Arsenal in December 1945 and transported all its equipments to Russia in the name of war reparation. Nevertheless, Stalin didn't touch Dalian Arsenal because he wanted to permanently occupy Port Arthur (arguably the best port located in Dalian's surburban area that Russia had ever occupied in its 600 years history). In summer 1946, CCP's general Lin Biao(林彪) suffered a decisive defeat at Si Ping (四平). CCP PLA's Manchuria/northeast army group collapsed. Stalin saw this as a disaster because millions of CCP members would influx into Russia as refugees and financial burdens. Then Dalian Arsenal was given to CCP as a free gift in fall 1946 (Stalin didn't give up Port Arthur. It's Khrushchev who gave Port Arthur back to CCP after Stalin's death in order to collect support from minion communist parties over the world). However, weaponry and other military products manufactured in Dalian arsenal could NOT reach CCP's PLA by land-based routes because Shenyang was held by the most elite troops of the Chinese nationalist government. DPRK was the critical transporter to deliver Dalian arsenal's military products to CCP's PLA in Manchuria, along the route Dalian -> North Korea -> PLA in north Manchuria. Then everything changed. CCP PLA began its winning streak starting from early 1947, and finally won the civil war in 1949.
Therefore, PRC and DPRK were and are real siblings of the same Soviet daddy. Without DPRK, PRC wouldn't exist.
When DPRK was in grave danger in November 1950, Mao had no other options but to help Kim Il-sung, because it's an obligation, not an voluntary decision.
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