如果沃尔顿·沃克将军没有在那场众所周知的吉普车事故中丧生，道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟也没有被杜鲁门解除美军指挥官职务，那么朝鲜战争本可以打赢并建立一个统一的民主韩国吗？
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Dave Park
MacArthur had never done well in DEFENSE. Look up Corregidor. He knew amphibious assault, which he replicated in Inchon. So when the Chinese attacked in COT 1950, his solution was to vacate the core of the ROK govt and the military to Japan, and attempt a new invasion of the peninsula, times with an amphibious invasion of China by the Nationalists out of Taiwan. This is what got him fired. He would have abandoned the peninsula, recreating Dunkirk, or in his case, Corregidor and Bataan. He would have left MG Dean in the prison camp in the process. GEN Ridgeway stopped the Chinese at Chipyongni, proving MacArthur's "strategy" of retreat wrong.
麦克阿瑟在防御方面从未表现出色，去查一下科雷希多岛战役就知道了。他擅长两栖突击，并在仁川战役中成功复刻了这一战术。因此，当中国军队在1950年（此处“COT”可能为表述误差，结合历史背景推测为“秋”或具体战役时间相关）发起进攻时，他的应对方案是将韩国政府核心人员和军队撤离到日本，然后尝试对朝鲜半岛发动新的进攻，同时让台湾（地区）的国民党军队对中国大陆发动两栖入侵。这正是他被解职的原因。他本会放弃朝鲜半岛，重现敦刻尔克大撤退的场景，对他而言，更像是重现科雷希多岛和巴丹半岛战役（撤退）的情况。在此过程中，迪安少将（MG Dean）也会被留在战俘营中。而李奇微将军（GEN Ridgeway）在砥平里成功阻挡了中国军队，这证明了麦克阿瑟的“撤退战略”是错误的。
Harry Zitzelberger
Enterprise Financial Solution Software Developer. (1977–present)8y
哈里·齐策尔伯格 企业财务解决方案软件开发者（1977年至今），回答于8年前
Walker was an excellent commander, even though he was working in a very resource limited environment with mostly unprepared troops, he was doing well.
沃克是一位出色的指挥官，尽管他所处的环境资源极其有限，手下的部队也大多未做好准备，但他依然表现出色。
He had two huge problems though.
不过，他面临两个严重的问题。
Walker was not one of the “MacArthur people”. He had spent WWII in the ETO and was not trusted or admitted to the inner circle. This would cost Walker and Eighth Army when the CCF entered the war. The intelligence from MacArthurs headquarters was erasing much of the evidence of CCF presence and sending Walker rosy pictures of no CCF presence. You had walker getting intel from his people in North Korea that they are taking Chinese prisoners and whatnot, and higher headquarters claiming it’s just a few small volunteer deserters and no threat.
首先，沃克并非“麦克阿瑟派系的人”。他在二战期间服役于欧洲战区（ETO），因此既不被麦克阿瑟信任，也未能进入其核心圈子。这一情况在中国人民志愿军（CCF）参战後，给沃克和第八集团军带来了不利影响。麦克阿瑟总部提供的情报刻意抹除了大量中国人民志愿军存在的证据，向沃克传递了“不存在中国人民志愿军”的乐观信息。一方面，沃克从他在朝鲜北部的人员那里获得情报，得知己方俘获了中国战俘等情况；另一方面，上级总部却宣称这些只是少数志愿逃兵，不构成威胁。
His other problem was that MacArthur maintained his own, separate force in North Korea, X Corps. This violates the unity of command principal in so many ways, and is a recipe for the disaster that happened.
他面临的另一个问题是，麦克阿瑟在朝鲜北部保留了一支由他直接掌控的独立部队——第十军（X Corps）。这在诸多方面违背了统一指挥原则，也为后来发生的灾难埋下了隐患。
The real problem in Korea 1950 was that MacArthur was in command. I think that any random general would have done better in his spot, and he couldn’t have been relieved soon enough. Walker himself would have made an excellent theater commander, if only they had handed him over X Corps. Walker would have done just fine without MacArthur. MacArthur wasn’t going to do fine with anyone, he was way past his capable prime and should have been force retired in 1933.
1950年朝鲜战场的真正问题在于麦克阿瑟担任指挥官。我认为，随便换一位将军来接替他的位置，都能做得更好，而且他早就该被解职了。如果当时能把第十军交给沃克指挥，沃克本人完全可以成为一名出色的战区指挥官。没有麦克阿瑟，沃克也能做得很好；但无论与谁合作，麦克阿瑟都难以有好的表现——他早已过了能力巅峰期，早在1933年就该被强制退休了。
Richard Pagano
B.A., M.A. ENMU in History, Marquette University (Graduated 1965)11y
理查德·帕加诺 马凯特大学历史学学士、东新墨西哥大学（ENMU）历史学硕士（1965年毕业），回答于11年前
Originally Answered: Could the Korean War have been won if General Walton Walker didn't die in his infamous jeep accident and Douglas MacArthur wasn't removed as commander of US forces by Truman, causing a unified democratic Korea?
原回答：如果沃尔顿·沃克将军没有在那场众所周知的吉普车事故中丧生，道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟也没有被杜鲁门解除美军指挥官职务，那么朝鲜战争本可以打赢并建立一个统一的民主韩国吗？
We did win the war. North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations intervened, the voted being taken on the one day the Soviets are absent. The American forces destroyed the North Korean army. The Allied forces reached the Yalu River and controlled all fo Korea. The Chinese intervened and pushed the UN forces back to near the 38th parallel. The long and twisted path to a peace began. I remember as a young boy watching the news on tv concerning the war and seeing film of it. We won. South Korea is a democratic, prosperous nation today thanks to their own valor and to the willingness of other nations to preserve their independence. Here there was no Munich.
我们其实打赢了这场战争。当时朝鲜入侵韩国，联合国决定干预，而那次投票恰好是在苏联缺席的情况下进行的。美军摧毁了朝鲜军队，盟军一度推进到鸭绿江边，控制了整个朝鲜半岛。之后中国军队介入，将联合国军推回到三八线附近，随后开启了漫长而曲折的和平谈判进程。我还记得小时候在电视上看关于这场战争的新闻和影像资料。我们赢了——如今的韩国是一个民主、繁荣的国家，这既要归功于韩国人民自身的英勇，也要感谢其他国家愿意为维护韩国的独立提供帮助。在这件事上，没有重蹈“慕尼黑阴谋”（绥靖政策）的覆辙。
Jeffrey Anderson
Studied at Texas A&M University (TAMU)11y
杰弗里·安德森 曾就读于德克萨斯A&M大学（TAMU），回答于11年前
The first reason for not using nukes against the Chinese was that the Soviets already had atomic bombs. If we had used them, the Soviets would have probably responded in kind, resulting in WWIII.
当时没有对中国使用核武器，第一个原因是苏联当时已经拥有原子弹。如果我们使用核武器，苏联很可能会采取同样的报复行动，进而引发第三次世界大战。
The other reason was that President Truman wanted to contain the war to the Korean peninsula. Dropping nukes, especially on the Chinese side of the Yalu, risked broadening the war. Taiwan might of gotten involved in Korea leading to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, or the Soviets might have interened, which could have led to nuclear exchange between the U. S. and the Soviet unx, or fighting between U. S. and Soviet forces in Europe. This would have also resulted in WWIII.
另一个原因是杜鲁门总统希望将战争控制在朝鲜半岛范围内。投放核武器，尤其是在鸭绿江中国一侧投放，很可能会扩大战争规模：台湾（地区）可能会卷入朝鲜战争，进而引发中国对台湾（地区）的进攻；苏联也可能介入，这不仅可能导致美苏之间发生核对抗，还可能引发美苏军队在欧洲的直接冲突，而这些最终都可能引发第三次世界大战。
Jim Gordon
Third generation to serve in the US military, grew up on air bases, served (USAF 1966-70 VN); US Dept of State foreign service, 1974-84, commissioned officer; worked in international aviation and political-military affairs; congressional editor, Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.; lived on a couple of Navy bases overseas, too.11y
吉姆·戈登 美国军队第三代军人，在空军基地长大，曾服役于美国空军（1966-1970年，驻越南）；1974-1984年在美国国务院外交部门担任现役军官；曾从事国际航空及政治军事事务相关工作；担任过《航空周刊与空间技术》（Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.）的国会版编辑；也曾在海外多个海军基地生活过，回答于11年前
No, especially not if there's an assumption that the UN forces would have somehow pushed the communist forces out of North Korea and not provoked Chinese intervention.
答案是否定的，尤其是在假设联合国军能将***军队赶出朝鲜半岛且不引发中国干预的情况下，这种“打赢”的可能性更不存在。(***政党或名字 上下同)
China had meant what it had said when it warned that it would not allow the US to do away with the DPRK, and China was determined that it would act to preserve a protective buffer against the "US puppet" in South Korea. At that time, the US was still having difficulty balancing its worldview and foreign policy, and had trouble understanding Chinese perceptions and obxtives and greatly underestimated China's capabilities. Nevertheless, the US government policy was not to start another world war, especially over Korea.
中国此前就曾警告，不允许美国消灭朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（DPRK），而且中国说到做到——中国决心采取行动，维护一个能抵御韩国这个“美国傀儡”的防御缓冲区。当时，美国在平衡自身世界观与外交政策方面仍存在困难，既难以理解中国的立场和目标，也严重低估了中国的实力。尽管如此，美国政府的政策是不发动另一场世界大战，尤其是不会为了朝鲜而这么做。
Dan Kim
Worked in defense R&D, banking. Currently in Asset Mgmtupxed 11y
丹·金 曾从事国防研发、银行业相关工作，目前从事资产管理行业，回答于11年前（内容已更新）
If that had happened, the U.S. would have either won big or lost big. Perhaps, taking China back into nationalist hands. Either way, it would have been hugely costly in terms of lives and money.
如果当时沃克没有去世、麦克阿瑟没有被解职，美国要么会大获全胜，要么会一败涂地，甚至有可能帮助国民党重新掌控中国。但无论哪种结果，都会付出巨大的生命和经济代价。
MacArthur was quite serious about expanding the theater of war into China. He not only considered nuclear option for northern China, but KMT army in Taiwan was also ready to be mobilized. In fact, there were many civilian volunteer soldiers from the KMT army from Taiwan. They provided invaluable intelligence on Mainland army and also interrogated PRC prisoners on behalf of the allies.
麦克阿瑟非常认真地考虑将战场扩大到中国境内：他不仅考虑对中国北方使用核武器，还计划动员台湾（地区）的国民党军队。事实上，当时有许多来自台湾（地区）国民党军队的平民志愿兵参与其中，他们为盟军提供了关于中国大陆军队的宝贵情报，还代表盟军审问中国战俘。
Garwin Kim Sing
30 Years Viral Immunology research scientist and serial expat.11y
加文·金·辛格 从事病毒免疫学研究30年的科学家，曾多次旅居海外，回答于11年前
I don't know about Walton Walker, but what I have read is that if MacArthur hadn't been removed, the war could have escalated between China and the US/UN. After the Inchon landing, MacArthur wanted to drive through North Korea right up to the border with China threatening a total mobilisation of the Chinese Red Army. Not only that, MacArthur was prepared to use nuclear weapons against the Chinese.
对于沃尔顿·沃克的情况，我不太了解，但根据我所查阅的资料，如果当时麦克阿瑟没有被解职，中美之间、中（国）与联合国军之间的战争很可能会升级。仁川登陆后，麦克阿瑟想率军穿过朝鲜半岛，一直推进到中朝边境，这一行动直接威胁到中国红军（此处结合历史背景应为“中国人民志愿军”）不得不进行全面动员。不仅如此，麦克阿瑟还准备对中国使用核武器。
Randy McDonald
A fan of cities, islands, migration and Trek and more11y
兰迪·麦克唐纳 热衷于城市、岛屿、移民及《星际迷航》（Trek）等话题，回答于11年前
No. Douglas MacArthur was removed from his position not only because his preferred strategy of escalation against China risked another world war, but because he was trying to enact policy in direct opposition to the orders of the American political leadership.
答案是否定的。道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟被解职，不仅因为他主张对中国采取升级冲突的战略，这一战略有引发另一场世界大战的风险，还因为他试图推行与美国政治领导层指令直接相悖的政策。
I'm not sure that there was a way to prevent the north-south division of Korea, at least not with China on Korea's northern frontier ready to intervene to ensure a buffer state for its then-main industrial region.
我不确定存在能阻止朝鲜半岛南北分裂的方法，至少在中国作为朝鲜北部邻国、且为保护当时本国主要工业区而随时准备介入的情况下，这种方法是不存在的。
Gwydion Madawc Williams
Read a lot about history, and note some general patterns.11y
格威迪恩·马达克·威廉姆斯 广泛阅读历史相关书籍，并善于总结历史规律，回答于11年前
He was removed after his forces had been kicked out of North Korea by the Chinese. And because his idea of an answer was to invade China.
麦克阿瑟被解职时，他率领的军队已被中国军队赶出朝鲜半岛，而且他给出的应对方案竟是入侵中国。
Given what happened later in Vietnam, invading China would have been a really stupid move. On a much larger scale than Vietnam, and against an enemy with even more experience of guerrilla warfare than the Vietnamese had.
结合后来越南战争的结果来看，入侵中国会是一个极其愚蠢的举动——这场入侵的规模将远超越南战争，而且面对的敌人（中国）在游击战方面的经验比越南人还要丰富。
MacArthur had never done well in DEFENSE. Look up Corregidor. He knew amphibious assault, which he replicated in Inchon. So when the Chinese attacked in COT 1950, his solution was to vacate the core of the ROK govt and the military to Japan, and attempt a new invasion of the peninsula, times with an amphibious invasion of China by the Nationalists out of Taiwan. This is what got him fired. He would have abandoned the peninsula, recreating Dunkirk, or in his case, Corregidor and Bataan. He would have left MG Dean in the prison camp in the process. GEN Ridgeway stopped the Chinese at Chipyongni, proving MacArthur's "strategy" of retreat wrong.
麦克阿瑟在防御方面从未表现出色，去查一下科雷希多岛战役就知道了。他擅长两栖突击，并在仁川战役中成功复刻了这一战术。因此，当中国军队在1950年（此处“COT”可能为表述误差，结合历史背景推测为“秋”或具体战役时间相关）发起进攻时，他的应对方案是将韩国政府核心人员和军队撤离到日本，然后尝试对朝鲜半岛发动新的进攻，同时让台湾（地区）的国民党军队对中国大陆发动两栖入侵。这正是他被解职的原因。他本会放弃朝鲜半岛，重现敦刻尔克大撤退的场景，对他而言，更像是重现科雷希多岛和巴丹半岛战役（撤退）的情况。在此过程中，迪安少将（MG Dean）也会被留在战俘营中。而李奇微将军（GEN Ridgeway）在砥平里成功阻挡了中国军队，这证明了麦克阿瑟的“撤退战略”是错误的。
Harry Zitzelberger
Enterprise Financial Solution Software Developer. (1977–present)8y
哈里·齐策尔伯格 企业财务解决方案软件开发者（1977年至今），回答于8年前
Walker was an excellent commander, even though he was working in a very resource limited environment with mostly unprepared troops, he was doing well.
沃克是一位出色的指挥官，尽管他所处的环境资源极其有限，手下的部队也大多未做好准备，但他依然表现出色。
He had two huge problems though.
不过，他面临两个严重的问题。
Walker was not one of the “MacArthur people”. He had spent WWII in the ETO and was not trusted or admitted to the inner circle. This would cost Walker and Eighth Army when the CCF entered the war. The intelligence from MacArthurs headquarters was erasing much of the evidence of CCF presence and sending Walker rosy pictures of no CCF presence. You had walker getting intel from his people in North Korea that they are taking Chinese prisoners and whatnot, and higher headquarters claiming it’s just a few small volunteer deserters and no threat.
首先，沃克并非“麦克阿瑟派系的人”。他在二战期间服役于欧洲战区（ETO），因此既不被麦克阿瑟信任，也未能进入其核心圈子。这一情况在中国人民志愿军（CCF）参战後，给沃克和第八集团军带来了不利影响。麦克阿瑟总部提供的情报刻意抹除了大量中国人民志愿军存在的证据，向沃克传递了“不存在中国人民志愿军”的乐观信息。一方面，沃克从他在朝鲜北部的人员那里获得情报，得知己方俘获了中国战俘等情况；另一方面，上级总部却宣称这些只是少数志愿逃兵，不构成威胁。
His other problem was that MacArthur maintained his own, separate force in North Korea, X Corps. This violates the unity of command principal in so many ways, and is a recipe for the disaster that happened.
他面临的另一个问题是，麦克阿瑟在朝鲜北部保留了一支由他直接掌控的独立部队——第十军（X Corps）。这在诸多方面违背了统一指挥原则，也为后来发生的灾难埋下了隐患。
The real problem in Korea 1950 was that MacArthur was in command. I think that any random general would have done better in his spot, and he couldn’t have been relieved soon enough. Walker himself would have made an excellent theater commander, if only they had handed him over X Corps. Walker would have done just fine without MacArthur. MacArthur wasn’t going to do fine with anyone, he was way past his capable prime and should have been force retired in 1933.
1950年朝鲜战场的真正问题在于麦克阿瑟担任指挥官。我认为，随便换一位将军来接替他的位置，都能做得更好，而且他早就该被解职了。如果当时能把第十军交给沃克指挥，沃克本人完全可以成为一名出色的战区指挥官。没有麦克阿瑟，沃克也能做得很好；但无论与谁合作，麦克阿瑟都难以有好的表现——他早已过了能力巅峰期，早在1933年就该被强制退休了。
Richard Pagano
B.A., M.A. ENMU in History, Marquette University (Graduated 1965)11y
理查德·帕加诺 马凯特大学历史学学士、东新墨西哥大学（ENMU）历史学硕士（1965年毕业），回答于11年前
Originally Answered: Could the Korean War have been won if General Walton Walker didn't die in his infamous jeep accident and Douglas MacArthur wasn't removed as commander of US forces by Truman, causing a unified democratic Korea?
原回答：如果沃尔顿·沃克将军没有在那场众所周知的吉普车事故中丧生，道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟也没有被杜鲁门解除美军指挥官职务，那么朝鲜战争本可以打赢并建立一个统一的民主韩国吗？
We did win the war. North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations intervened, the voted being taken on the one day the Soviets are absent. The American forces destroyed the North Korean army. The Allied forces reached the Yalu River and controlled all fo Korea. The Chinese intervened and pushed the UN forces back to near the 38th parallel. The long and twisted path to a peace began. I remember as a young boy watching the news on tv concerning the war and seeing film of it. We won. South Korea is a democratic, prosperous nation today thanks to their own valor and to the willingness of other nations to preserve their independence. Here there was no Munich.
我们其实打赢了这场战争。当时朝鲜入侵韩国，联合国决定干预，而那次投票恰好是在苏联缺席的情况下进行的。美军摧毁了朝鲜军队，盟军一度推进到鸭绿江边，控制了整个朝鲜半岛。之后中国军队介入，将联合国军推回到三八线附近，随后开启了漫长而曲折的和平谈判进程。我还记得小时候在电视上看关于这场战争的新闻和影像资料。我们赢了——如今的韩国是一个民主、繁荣的国家，这既要归功于韩国人民自身的英勇，也要感谢其他国家愿意为维护韩国的独立提供帮助。在这件事上，没有重蹈“慕尼黑阴谋”（绥靖政策）的覆辙。
Jeffrey Anderson
Studied at Texas A&M University (TAMU)11y
杰弗里·安德森 曾就读于德克萨斯A&M大学（TAMU），回答于11年前
The first reason for not using nukes against the Chinese was that the Soviets already had atomic bombs. If we had used them, the Soviets would have probably responded in kind, resulting in WWIII.
当时没有对中国使用核武器，第一个原因是苏联当时已经拥有原子弹。如果我们使用核武器，苏联很可能会采取同样的报复行动，进而引发第三次世界大战。
The other reason was that President Truman wanted to contain the war to the Korean peninsula. Dropping nukes, especially on the Chinese side of the Yalu, risked broadening the war. Taiwan might of gotten involved in Korea leading to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, or the Soviets might have interened, which could have led to nuclear exchange between the U. S. and the Soviet unx, or fighting between U. S. and Soviet forces in Europe. This would have also resulted in WWIII.
另一个原因是杜鲁门总统希望将战争控制在朝鲜半岛范围内。投放核武器，尤其是在鸭绿江中国一侧投放，很可能会扩大战争规模：台湾（地区）可能会卷入朝鲜战争，进而引发中国对台湾（地区）的进攻；苏联也可能介入，这不仅可能导致美苏之间发生核对抗，还可能引发美苏军队在欧洲的直接冲突，而这些最终都可能引发第三次世界大战。
Jim Gordon
Third generation to serve in the US military, grew up on air bases, served (USAF 1966-70 VN); US Dept of State foreign service, 1974-84, commissioned officer; worked in international aviation and political-military affairs; congressional editor, Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.; lived on a couple of Navy bases overseas, too.11y
吉姆·戈登 美国军队第三代军人，在空军基地长大，曾服役于美国空军（1966-1970年，驻越南）；1974-1984年在美国国务院外交部门担任现役军官；曾从事国际航空及政治军事事务相关工作；担任过《航空周刊与空间技术》（Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.）的国会版编辑；也曾在海外多个海军基地生活过，回答于11年前
No, especially not if there's an assumption that the UN forces would have somehow pushed the communist forces out of North Korea and not provoked Chinese intervention.
答案是否定的，尤其是在假设联合国军能将***军队赶出朝鲜半岛且不引发中国干预的情况下，这种“打赢”的可能性更不存在。(***政党或名字 上下同)
China had meant what it had said when it warned that it would not allow the US to do away with the DPRK, and China was determined that it would act to preserve a protective buffer against the "US puppet" in South Korea. At that time, the US was still having difficulty balancing its worldview and foreign policy, and had trouble understanding Chinese perceptions and obxtives and greatly underestimated China's capabilities. Nevertheless, the US government policy was not to start another world war, especially over Korea.
中国此前就曾警告，不允许美国消灭朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（DPRK），而且中国说到做到——中国决心采取行动，维护一个能抵御韩国这个“美国傀儡”的防御缓冲区。当时，美国在平衡自身世界观与外交政策方面仍存在困难，既难以理解中国的立场和目标，也严重低估了中国的实力。尽管如此，美国政府的政策是不发动另一场世界大战，尤其是不会为了朝鲜而这么做。
Dan Kim
Worked in defense R&D, banking. Currently in Asset Mgmtupxed 11y
丹·金 曾从事国防研发、银行业相关工作，目前从事资产管理行业，回答于11年前（内容已更新）
If that had happened, the U.S. would have either won big or lost big. Perhaps, taking China back into nationalist hands. Either way, it would have been hugely costly in terms of lives and money.
如果当时沃克没有去世、麦克阿瑟没有被解职，美国要么会大获全胜，要么会一败涂地，甚至有可能帮助国民党重新掌控中国。但无论哪种结果，都会付出巨大的生命和经济代价。
MacArthur was quite serious about expanding the theater of war into China. He not only considered nuclear option for northern China, but KMT army in Taiwan was also ready to be mobilized. In fact, there were many civilian volunteer soldiers from the KMT army from Taiwan. They provided invaluable intelligence on Mainland army and also interrogated PRC prisoners on behalf of the allies.
麦克阿瑟非常认真地考虑将战场扩大到中国境内：他不仅考虑对中国北方使用核武器，还计划动员台湾（地区）的国民党军队。事实上，当时有许多来自台湾（地区）国民党军队的平民志愿兵参与其中，他们为盟军提供了关于中国大陆军队的宝贵情报，还代表盟军审问中国战俘。
Garwin Kim Sing
30 Years Viral Immunology research scientist and serial expat.11y
加文·金·辛格 从事病毒免疫学研究30年的科学家，曾多次旅居海外，回答于11年前
I don't know about Walton Walker, but what I have read is that if MacArthur hadn't been removed, the war could have escalated between China and the US/UN. After the Inchon landing, MacArthur wanted to drive through North Korea right up to the border with China threatening a total mobilisation of the Chinese Red Army. Not only that, MacArthur was prepared to use nuclear weapons against the Chinese.
对于沃尔顿·沃克的情况，我不太了解，但根据我所查阅的资料，如果当时麦克阿瑟没有被解职，中美之间、中（国）与联合国军之间的战争很可能会升级。仁川登陆后，麦克阿瑟想率军穿过朝鲜半岛，一直推进到中朝边境，这一行动直接威胁到中国红军（此处结合历史背景应为“中国人民志愿军”）不得不进行全面动员。不仅如此，麦克阿瑟还准备对中国使用核武器。
Randy McDonald
A fan of cities, islands, migration and Trek and more11y
兰迪·麦克唐纳 热衷于城市、岛屿、移民及《星际迷航》（Trek）等话题，回答于11年前
No. Douglas MacArthur was removed from his position not only because his preferred strategy of escalation against China risked another world war, but because he was trying to enact policy in direct opposition to the orders of the American political leadership.
答案是否定的。道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟被解职，不仅因为他主张对中国采取升级冲突的战略，这一战略有引发另一场世界大战的风险，还因为他试图推行与美国政治领导层指令直接相悖的政策。
I'm not sure that there was a way to prevent the north-south division of Korea, at least not with China on Korea's northern frontier ready to intervene to ensure a buffer state for its then-main industrial region.
我不确定存在能阻止朝鲜半岛南北分裂的方法，至少在中国作为朝鲜北部邻国、且为保护当时本国主要工业区而随时准备介入的情况下，这种方法是不存在的。
Gwydion Madawc Williams
Read a lot about history, and note some general patterns.11y
格威迪恩·马达克·威廉姆斯 广泛阅读历史相关书籍，并善于总结历史规律，回答于11年前
He was removed after his forces had been kicked out of North Korea by the Chinese. And because his idea of an answer was to invade China.
麦克阿瑟被解职时，他率领的军队已被中国军队赶出朝鲜半岛，而且他给出的应对方案竟是入侵中国。
Given what happened later in Vietnam, invading China would have been a really stupid move. On a much larger scale than Vietnam, and against an enemy with even more experience of guerrilla warfare than the Vietnamese had.
结合后来越南战争的结果来看，入侵中国会是一个极其愚蠢的举动——这场入侵的规模将远超越南战争，而且面对的敌人（中国）在游击战方面的经验比越南人还要丰富。
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Dave Park
MacArthur had never done well in DEFENSE. Look up Corregidor. He knew amphibious assault, which he replicated in Inchon. So when the Chinese attacked in COT 1950, his solution was to vacate the core of the ROK govt and the military to Japan, and attempt a new invasion of the peninsula, times with an amphibious invasion of China by the Nationalists out of Taiwan. This is what got him fired. He would have abandoned the peninsula, recreating Dunkirk, or in his case, Corregidor and Bataan. He would have left MG Dean in the prison camp in the process. GEN Ridgeway stopped the Chinese at Chipyongni, proving MacArthur's "strategy" of retreat wrong.
麦克阿瑟在防御方面从未表现出色，去查一下科雷希多岛战役就知道了。他擅长两栖突击，并在仁川战役中成功复刻了这一战术。因此，当中国军队在1950年（此处“COT”可能为表述误差，结合历史背景推测为“秋”或具体战役时间相关）发起进攻时，他的应对方案是将韩国政府核心人员和军队撤离到日本，然后尝试对朝鲜半岛发动新的进攻，同时让台湾（地区）的国民党军队对中国大陆发动两栖入侵。这正是他被解职的原因。他本会放弃朝鲜半岛，重现敦刻尔克大撤退的场景，对他而言，更像是重现科雷希多岛和巴丹半岛战役（撤退）的情况。在此过程中，迪安少将（MG Dean）也会被留在战俘营中。而李奇微将军（GEN Ridgeway）在砥平里成功阻挡了中国军队，这证明了麦克阿瑟的“撤退战略”是错误的。
Harry Zitzelberger
Enterprise Financial Solution Software Developer. (1977–present)8y
哈里·齐策尔伯格 企业财务解决方案软件开发者（1977年至今），回答于8年前
Walker was an excellent commander, even though he was working in a very resource limited environment with mostly unprepared troops, he was doing well.
沃克是一位出色的指挥官，尽管他所处的环境资源极其有限，手下的部队也大多未做好准备，但他依然表现出色。
He had two huge problems though.
不过，他面临两个严重的问题。
Walker was not one of the “MacArthur people”. He had spent WWII in the ETO and was not trusted or admitted to the inner circle. This would cost Walker and Eighth Army when the CCF entered the war. The intelligence from MacArthurs headquarters was erasing much of the evidence of CCF presence and sending Walker rosy pictures of no CCF presence. You had walker getting intel from his people in North Korea that they are taking Chinese prisoners and whatnot, and higher headquarters claiming it’s just a few small volunteer deserters and no threat.
首先，沃克并非“麦克阿瑟派系的人”。他在二战期间服役于欧洲战区（ETO），因此既不被麦克阿瑟信任，也未能进入其核心圈子。这一情况在中国人民志愿军（CCF）参战後，给沃克和第八集团军带来了不利影响。麦克阿瑟总部提供的情报刻意抹除了大量中国人民志愿军存在的证据，向沃克传递了“不存在中国人民志愿军”的乐观信息。一方面，沃克从他在朝鲜北部的人员那里获得情报，得知己方俘获了中国战俘等情况；另一方面，上级总部却宣称这些只是少数志愿逃兵，不构成威胁。
His other problem was that MacArthur maintained his own, separate force in North Korea, X Corps. This violates the unity of command principal in so many ways, and is a recipe for the disaster that happened.
他面临的另一个问题是，麦克阿瑟在朝鲜北部保留了一支由他直接掌控的独立部队——第十军（X Corps）。这在诸多方面违背了统一指挥原则，也为后来发生的灾难埋下了隐患。
The real problem in Korea 1950 was that MacArthur was in command. I think that any random general would have done better in his spot, and he couldn’t have been relieved soon enough. Walker himself would have made an excellent theater commander, if only they had handed him over X Corps. Walker would have done just fine without MacArthur. MacArthur wasn’t going to do fine with anyone, he was way past his capable prime and should have been force retired in 1933.
1950年朝鲜战场的真正问题在于麦克阿瑟担任指挥官。我认为，随便换一位将军来接替他的位置，都能做得更好，而且他早就该被解职了。如果当时能把第十军交给沃克指挥，沃克本人完全可以成为一名出色的战区指挥官。没有麦克阿瑟，沃克也能做得很好；但无论与谁合作，麦克阿瑟都难以有好的表现——他早已过了能力巅峰期，早在1933年就该被强制退休了。
Richard Pagano
B.A., M.A. ENMU in History, Marquette University (Graduated 1965)11y
理查德·帕加诺 马凯特大学历史学学士、东新墨西哥大学（ENMU）历史学硕士（1965年毕业），回答于11年前
Originally Answered: Could the Korean War have been won if General Walton Walker didn't die in his infamous jeep accident and Douglas MacArthur wasn't removed as commander of US forces by Truman, causing a unified democratic Korea?
原回答：如果沃尔顿·沃克将军没有在那场众所周知的吉普车事故中丧生，道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟也没有被杜鲁门解除美军指挥官职务，那么朝鲜战争本可以打赢并建立一个统一的民主韩国吗？
We did win the war. North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations intervened, the voted being taken on the one day the Soviets are absent. The American forces destroyed the North Korean army. The Allied forces reached the Yalu River and controlled all fo Korea. The Chinese intervened and pushed the UN forces back to near the 38th parallel. The long and twisted path to a peace began. I remember as a young boy watching the news on tv concerning the war and seeing film of it. We won. South Korea is a democratic, prosperous nation today thanks to their own valor and to the willingness of other nations to preserve their independence. Here there was no Munich.
我们其实打赢了这场战争。当时朝鲜入侵韩国，联合国决定干预，而那次投票恰好是在苏联缺席的情况下进行的。美军摧毁了朝鲜军队，盟军一度推进到鸭绿江边，控制了整个朝鲜半岛。之后中国军队介入，将联合国军推回到三八线附近，随后开启了漫长而曲折的和平谈判进程。我还记得小时候在电视上看关于这场战争的新闻和影像资料。我们赢了——如今的韩国是一个民主、繁荣的国家，这既要归功于韩国人民自身的英勇，也要感谢其他国家愿意为维护韩国的独立提供帮助。在这件事上，没有重蹈“慕尼黑阴谋”（绥靖政策）的覆辙。
Jeffrey Anderson
Studied at Texas A&M University (TAMU)11y
杰弗里·安德森 曾就读于德克萨斯A&M大学（TAMU），回答于11年前
The first reason for not using nukes against the Chinese was that the Soviets already had atomic bombs. If we had used them, the Soviets would have probably responded in kind, resulting in WWIII.
当时没有对中国使用核武器，第一个原因是苏联当时已经拥有原子弹。如果我们使用核武器，苏联很可能会采取同样的报复行动，进而引发第三次世界大战。
The other reason was that President Truman wanted to contain the war to the Korean peninsula. Dropping nukes, especially on the Chinese side of the Yalu, risked broadening the war. Taiwan might of gotten involved in Korea leading to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, or the Soviets might have interened, which could have led to nuclear exchange between the U. S. and the Soviet unx, or fighting between U. S. and Soviet forces in Europe. This would have also resulted in WWIII.
另一个原因是杜鲁门总统希望将战争控制在朝鲜半岛范围内。投放核武器，尤其是在鸭绿江中国一侧投放，很可能会扩大战争规模：台湾（地区）可能会卷入朝鲜战争，进而引发中国对台湾（地区）的进攻；苏联也可能介入，这不仅可能导致美苏之间发生核对抗，还可能引发美苏军队在欧洲的直接冲突，而这些最终都可能引发第三次世界大战。
Jim Gordon
Third generation to serve in the US military, grew up on air bases, served (USAF 1966-70 VN); US Dept of State foreign service, 1974-84, commissioned officer; worked in international aviation and political-military affairs; congressional editor, Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.; lived on a couple of Navy bases overseas, too.11y
吉姆·戈登 美国军队第三代军人，在空军基地长大，曾服役于美国空军（1966-1970年，驻越南）；1974-1984年在美国国务院外交部门担任现役军官；曾从事国际航空及政治军事事务相关工作；担任过《航空周刊与空间技术》（Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.）的国会版编辑；也曾在海外多个海军基地生活过，回答于11年前
No, especially not if there's an assumption that the UN forces would have somehow pushed the communist forces out of North Korea and not provoked Chinese intervention.
答案是否定的，尤其是在假设联合国军能将***军队赶出朝鲜半岛且不引发中国干预的情况下，这种“打赢”的可能性更不存在。(***政党或名字 上下同)
China had meant what it had said when it warned that it would not allow the US to do away with the DPRK, and China was determined that it would act to preserve a protective buffer against the "US puppet" in South Korea. At that time, the US was still having difficulty balancing its worldview and foreign policy, and had trouble understanding Chinese perceptions and obxtives and greatly underestimated China's capabilities. Nevertheless, the US government policy was not to start another world war, especially over Korea.
中国此前就曾警告，不允许美国消灭朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（DPRK），而且中国说到做到——中国决心采取行动，维护一个能抵御韩国这个“美国傀儡”的防御缓冲区。当时，美国在平衡自身世界观与外交政策方面仍存在困难，既难以理解中国的立场和目标，也严重低估了中国的实力。尽管如此，美国政府的政策是不发动另一场世界大战，尤其是不会为了朝鲜而这么做。
Dan Kim
Worked in defense R&D, banking. Currently in Asset Mgmtupxed 11y
丹·金 曾从事国防研发、银行业相关工作，目前从事资产管理行业，回答于11年前（内容已更新）
If that had happened, the U.S. would have either won big or lost big. Perhaps, taking China back into nationalist hands. Either way, it would have been hugely costly in terms of lives and money.
如果当时沃克没有去世、麦克阿瑟没有被解职，美国要么会大获全胜，要么会一败涂地，甚至有可能帮助国民党重新掌控中国。但无论哪种结果，都会付出巨大的生命和经济代价。
MacArthur was quite serious about expanding the theater of war into China. He not only considered nuclear option for northern China, but KMT army in Taiwan was also ready to be mobilized. In fact, there were many civilian volunteer soldiers from the KMT army from Taiwan. They provided invaluable intelligence on Mainland army and also interrogated PRC prisoners on behalf of the allies.
麦克阿瑟非常认真地考虑将战场扩大到中国境内：他不仅考虑对中国北方使用核武器，还计划动员台湾（地区）的国民党军队。事实上，当时有许多来自台湾（地区）国民党军队的平民志愿兵参与其中，他们为盟军提供了关于中国大陆军队的宝贵情报，还代表盟军审问中国战俘。
Garwin Kim Sing
30 Years Viral Immunology research scientist and serial expat.11y
加文·金·辛格 从事病毒免疫学研究30年的科学家，曾多次旅居海外，回答于11年前
I don't know about Walton Walker, but what I have read is that if MacArthur hadn't been removed, the war could have escalated between China and the US/UN. After the Inchon landing, MacArthur wanted to drive through North Korea right up to the border with China threatening a total mobilisation of the Chinese Red Army. Not only that, MacArthur was prepared to use nuclear weapons against the Chinese.
对于沃尔顿·沃克的情况，我不太了解，但根据我所查阅的资料，如果当时麦克阿瑟没有被解职，中美之间、中（国）与联合国军之间的战争很可能会升级。仁川登陆后，麦克阿瑟想率军穿过朝鲜半岛，一直推进到中朝边境，这一行动直接威胁到中国红军（此处结合历史背景应为“中国人民志愿军”）不得不进行全面动员。不仅如此，麦克阿瑟还准备对中国使用核武器。
Randy McDonald
A fan of cities, islands, migration and Trek and more11y
兰迪·麦克唐纳 热衷于城市、岛屿、移民及《星际迷航》（Trek）等话题，回答于11年前
No. Douglas MacArthur was removed from his position not only because his preferred strategy of escalation against China risked another world war, but because he was trying to enact policy in direct opposition to the orders of the American political leadership.
答案是否定的。道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟被解职，不仅因为他主张对中国采取升级冲突的战略，这一战略有引发另一场世界大战的风险，还因为他试图推行与美国政治领导层指令直接相悖的政策。
I'm not sure that there was a way to prevent the north-south division of Korea, at least not with China on Korea's northern frontier ready to intervene to ensure a buffer state for its then-main industrial region.
我不确定存在能阻止朝鲜半岛南北分裂的方法，至少在中国作为朝鲜北部邻国、且为保护当时本国主要工业区而随时准备介入的情况下，这种方法是不存在的。
Gwydion Madawc Williams
Read a lot about history, and note some general patterns.11y
格威迪恩·马达克·威廉姆斯 广泛阅读历史相关书籍，并善于总结历史规律，回答于11年前
He was removed after his forces had been kicked out of North Korea by the Chinese. And because his idea of an answer was to invade China.
麦克阿瑟被解职时，他率领的军队已被中国军队赶出朝鲜半岛，而且他给出的应对方案竟是入侵中国。
Given what happened later in Vietnam, invading China would have been a really stupid move. On a much larger scale than Vietnam, and against an enemy with even more experience of guerrilla warfare than the Vietnamese had.
结合后来越南战争的结果来看，入侵中国会是一个极其愚蠢的举动——这场入侵的规模将远超越南战争，而且面对的敌人（中国）在游击战方面的经验比越南人还要丰富。
MacArthur had never done well in DEFENSE. Look up Corregidor. He knew amphibious assault, which he replicated in Inchon. So when the Chinese attacked in COT 1950, his solution was to vacate the core of the ROK govt and the military to Japan, and attempt a new invasion of the peninsula, times with an amphibious invasion of China by the Nationalists out of Taiwan. This is what got him fired. He would have abandoned the peninsula, recreating Dunkirk, or in his case, Corregidor and Bataan. He would have left MG Dean in the prison camp in the process. GEN Ridgeway stopped the Chinese at Chipyongni, proving MacArthur's "strategy" of retreat wrong.
麦克阿瑟在防御方面从未表现出色，去查一下科雷希多岛战役就知道了。他擅长两栖突击，并在仁川战役中成功复刻了这一战术。因此，当中国军队在1950年（此处“COT”可能为表述误差，结合历史背景推测为“秋”或具体战役时间相关）发起进攻时，他的应对方案是将韩国政府核心人员和军队撤离到日本，然后尝试对朝鲜半岛发动新的进攻，同时让台湾（地区）的国民党军队对中国大陆发动两栖入侵。这正是他被解职的原因。他本会放弃朝鲜半岛，重现敦刻尔克大撤退的场景，对他而言，更像是重现科雷希多岛和巴丹半岛战役（撤退）的情况。在此过程中，迪安少将（MG Dean）也会被留在战俘营中。而李奇微将军（GEN Ridgeway）在砥平里成功阻挡了中国军队，这证明了麦克阿瑟的“撤退战略”是错误的。
Harry Zitzelberger
Enterprise Financial Solution Software Developer. (1977–present)8y
哈里·齐策尔伯格 企业财务解决方案软件开发者（1977年至今），回答于8年前
Walker was an excellent commander, even though he was working in a very resource limited environment with mostly unprepared troops, he was doing well.
沃克是一位出色的指挥官，尽管他所处的环境资源极其有限，手下的部队也大多未做好准备，但他依然表现出色。
He had two huge problems though.
不过，他面临两个严重的问题。
Walker was not one of the “MacArthur people”. He had spent WWII in the ETO and was not trusted or admitted to the inner circle. This would cost Walker and Eighth Army when the CCF entered the war. The intelligence from MacArthurs headquarters was erasing much of the evidence of CCF presence and sending Walker rosy pictures of no CCF presence. You had walker getting intel from his people in North Korea that they are taking Chinese prisoners and whatnot, and higher headquarters claiming it’s just a few small volunteer deserters and no threat.
首先，沃克并非“麦克阿瑟派系的人”。他在二战期间服役于欧洲战区（ETO），因此既不被麦克阿瑟信任，也未能进入其核心圈子。这一情况在中国人民志愿军（CCF）参战後，给沃克和第八集团军带来了不利影响。麦克阿瑟总部提供的情报刻意抹除了大量中国人民志愿军存在的证据，向沃克传递了“不存在中国人民志愿军”的乐观信息。一方面，沃克从他在朝鲜北部的人员那里获得情报，得知己方俘获了中国战俘等情况；另一方面，上级总部却宣称这些只是少数志愿逃兵，不构成威胁。
His other problem was that MacArthur maintained his own, separate force in North Korea, X Corps. This violates the unity of command principal in so many ways, and is a recipe for the disaster that happened.
他面临的另一个问题是，麦克阿瑟在朝鲜北部保留了一支由他直接掌控的独立部队——第十军（X Corps）。这在诸多方面违背了统一指挥原则，也为后来发生的灾难埋下了隐患。
The real problem in Korea 1950 was that MacArthur was in command. I think that any random general would have done better in his spot, and he couldn’t have been relieved soon enough. Walker himself would have made an excellent theater commander, if only they had handed him over X Corps. Walker would have done just fine without MacArthur. MacArthur wasn’t going to do fine with anyone, he was way past his capable prime and should have been force retired in 1933.
1950年朝鲜战场的真正问题在于麦克阿瑟担任指挥官。我认为，随便换一位将军来接替他的位置，都能做得更好，而且他早就该被解职了。如果当时能把第十军交给沃克指挥，沃克本人完全可以成为一名出色的战区指挥官。没有麦克阿瑟，沃克也能做得很好；但无论与谁合作，麦克阿瑟都难以有好的表现——他早已过了能力巅峰期，早在1933年就该被强制退休了。
Richard Pagano
B.A., M.A. ENMU in History, Marquette University (Graduated 1965)11y
理查德·帕加诺 马凯特大学历史学学士、东新墨西哥大学（ENMU）历史学硕士（1965年毕业），回答于11年前
Originally Answered: Could the Korean War have been won if General Walton Walker didn't die in his infamous jeep accident and Douglas MacArthur wasn't removed as commander of US forces by Truman, causing a unified democratic Korea?
原回答：如果沃尔顿·沃克将军没有在那场众所周知的吉普车事故中丧生，道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟也没有被杜鲁门解除美军指挥官职务，那么朝鲜战争本可以打赢并建立一个统一的民主韩国吗？
We did win the war. North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations intervened, the voted being taken on the one day the Soviets are absent. The American forces destroyed the North Korean army. The Allied forces reached the Yalu River and controlled all fo Korea. The Chinese intervened and pushed the UN forces back to near the 38th parallel. The long and twisted path to a peace began. I remember as a young boy watching the news on tv concerning the war and seeing film of it. We won. South Korea is a democratic, prosperous nation today thanks to their own valor and to the willingness of other nations to preserve their independence. Here there was no Munich.
我们其实打赢了这场战争。当时朝鲜入侵韩国，联合国决定干预，而那次投票恰好是在苏联缺席的情况下进行的。美军摧毁了朝鲜军队，盟军一度推进到鸭绿江边，控制了整个朝鲜半岛。之后中国军队介入，将联合国军推回到三八线附近，随后开启了漫长而曲折的和平谈判进程。我还记得小时候在电视上看关于这场战争的新闻和影像资料。我们赢了——如今的韩国是一个民主、繁荣的国家，这既要归功于韩国人民自身的英勇，也要感谢其他国家愿意为维护韩国的独立提供帮助。在这件事上，没有重蹈“慕尼黑阴谋”（绥靖政策）的覆辙。
Jeffrey Anderson
Studied at Texas A&M University (TAMU)11y
杰弗里·安德森 曾就读于德克萨斯A&M大学（TAMU），回答于11年前
The first reason for not using nukes against the Chinese was that the Soviets already had atomic bombs. If we had used them, the Soviets would have probably responded in kind, resulting in WWIII.
当时没有对中国使用核武器，第一个原因是苏联当时已经拥有原子弹。如果我们使用核武器，苏联很可能会采取同样的报复行动，进而引发第三次世界大战。
The other reason was that President Truman wanted to contain the war to the Korean peninsula. Dropping nukes, especially on the Chinese side of the Yalu, risked broadening the war. Taiwan might of gotten involved in Korea leading to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, or the Soviets might have interened, which could have led to nuclear exchange between the U. S. and the Soviet unx, or fighting between U. S. and Soviet forces in Europe. This would have also resulted in WWIII.
另一个原因是杜鲁门总统希望将战争控制在朝鲜半岛范围内。投放核武器，尤其是在鸭绿江中国一侧投放，很可能会扩大战争规模：台湾（地区）可能会卷入朝鲜战争，进而引发中国对台湾（地区）的进攻；苏联也可能介入，这不仅可能导致美苏之间发生核对抗，还可能引发美苏军队在欧洲的直接冲突，而这些最终都可能引发第三次世界大战。
Jim Gordon
Third generation to serve in the US military, grew up on air bases, served (USAF 1966-70 VN); US Dept of State foreign service, 1974-84, commissioned officer; worked in international aviation and political-military affairs; congressional editor, Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.; lived on a couple of Navy bases overseas, too.11y
吉姆·戈登 美国军队第三代军人，在空军基地长大，曾服役于美国空军（1966-1970年，驻越南）；1974-1984年在美国国务院外交部门担任现役军官；曾从事国际航空及政治军事事务相关工作；担任过《航空周刊与空间技术》（Aviation Wk. & Space Tech.）的国会版编辑；也曾在海外多个海军基地生活过，回答于11年前
No, especially not if there's an assumption that the UN forces would have somehow pushed the communist forces out of North Korea and not provoked Chinese intervention.
答案是否定的，尤其是在假设联合国军能将***军队赶出朝鲜半岛且不引发中国干预的情况下，这种“打赢”的可能性更不存在。(***政党或名字 上下同)
China had meant what it had said when it warned that it would not allow the US to do away with the DPRK, and China was determined that it would act to preserve a protective buffer against the "US puppet" in South Korea. At that time, the US was still having difficulty balancing its worldview and foreign policy, and had trouble understanding Chinese perceptions and obxtives and greatly underestimated China's capabilities. Nevertheless, the US government policy was not to start another world war, especially over Korea.
中国此前就曾警告，不允许美国消灭朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（DPRK），而且中国说到做到——中国决心采取行动，维护一个能抵御韩国这个“美国傀儡”的防御缓冲区。当时，美国在平衡自身世界观与外交政策方面仍存在困难，既难以理解中国的立场和目标，也严重低估了中国的实力。尽管如此，美国政府的政策是不发动另一场世界大战，尤其是不会为了朝鲜而这么做。
Dan Kim
Worked in defense R&D, banking. Currently in Asset Mgmtupxed 11y
丹·金 曾从事国防研发、银行业相关工作，目前从事资产管理行业，回答于11年前（内容已更新）
If that had happened, the U.S. would have either won big or lost big. Perhaps, taking China back into nationalist hands. Either way, it would have been hugely costly in terms of lives and money.
如果当时沃克没有去世、麦克阿瑟没有被解职，美国要么会大获全胜，要么会一败涂地，甚至有可能帮助国民党重新掌控中国。但无论哪种结果，都会付出巨大的生命和经济代价。
MacArthur was quite serious about expanding the theater of war into China. He not only considered nuclear option for northern China, but KMT army in Taiwan was also ready to be mobilized. In fact, there were many civilian volunteer soldiers from the KMT army from Taiwan. They provided invaluable intelligence on Mainland army and also interrogated PRC prisoners on behalf of the allies.
麦克阿瑟非常认真地考虑将战场扩大到中国境内：他不仅考虑对中国北方使用核武器，还计划动员台湾（地区）的国民党军队。事实上，当时有许多来自台湾（地区）国民党军队的平民志愿兵参与其中，他们为盟军提供了关于中国大陆军队的宝贵情报，还代表盟军审问中国战俘。
Garwin Kim Sing
30 Years Viral Immunology research scientist and serial expat.11y
加文·金·辛格 从事病毒免疫学研究30年的科学家，曾多次旅居海外，回答于11年前
I don't know about Walton Walker, but what I have read is that if MacArthur hadn't been removed, the war could have escalated between China and the US/UN. After the Inchon landing, MacArthur wanted to drive through North Korea right up to the border with China threatening a total mobilisation of the Chinese Red Army. Not only that, MacArthur was prepared to use nuclear weapons against the Chinese.
对于沃尔顿·沃克的情况，我不太了解，但根据我所查阅的资料，如果当时麦克阿瑟没有被解职，中美之间、中（国）与联合国军之间的战争很可能会升级。仁川登陆后，麦克阿瑟想率军穿过朝鲜半岛，一直推进到中朝边境，这一行动直接威胁到中国红军（此处结合历史背景应为“中国人民志愿军”）不得不进行全面动员。不仅如此，麦克阿瑟还准备对中国使用核武器。
Randy McDonald
A fan of cities, islands, migration and Trek and more11y
兰迪·麦克唐纳 热衷于城市、岛屿、移民及《星际迷航》（Trek）等话题，回答于11年前
No. Douglas MacArthur was removed from his position not only because his preferred strategy of escalation against China risked another world war, but because he was trying to enact policy in direct opposition to the orders of the American political leadership.
答案是否定的。道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟被解职，不仅因为他主张对中国采取升级冲突的战略，这一战略有引发另一场世界大战的风险，还因为他试图推行与美国政治领导层指令直接相悖的政策。
I'm not sure that there was a way to prevent the north-south division of Korea, at least not with China on Korea's northern frontier ready to intervene to ensure a buffer state for its then-main industrial region.
我不确定存在能阻止朝鲜半岛南北分裂的方法，至少在中国作为朝鲜北部邻国、且为保护当时本国主要工业区而随时准备介入的情况下，这种方法是不存在的。
Gwydion Madawc Williams
Read a lot about history, and note some general patterns.11y
格威迪恩·马达克·威廉姆斯 广泛阅读历史相关书籍，并善于总结历史规律，回答于11年前
He was removed after his forces had been kicked out of North Korea by the Chinese. And because his idea of an answer was to invade China.
麦克阿瑟被解职时，他率领的军队已被中国军队赶出朝鲜半岛，而且他给出的应对方案竟是入侵中国。
Given what happened later in Vietnam, invading China would have been a really stupid move. On a much larger scale than Vietnam, and against an enemy with even more experience of guerrilla warfare than the Vietnamese had.
结合后来越南战争的结果来看，入侵中国会是一个极其愚蠢的举动——这场入侵的规模将远超越南战争，而且面对的敌人（中国）在游击战方面的经验比越南人还要丰富。
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