User:Ceosad/sandbox/Bombing of North Korea

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Overview

After China joined the Korean War bombing campaign by the United States increased drastically as civilian targets were targeted.

Bombing of Pyongyang

Main article: Bombing of Pyongyang

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Reminiscence in North Korea

The main building of the Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities

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Destruction of cities

According to a bomb assessment conducted by the U.S. Air Force, over the course of the war 75 percent of Pyongyang was destroyed by the U.S. bombing, placing it approximately at the mid-point in level of damage, relative to other Korean cities:

• Musan - 5%
• Najin (Rashin) - 5%
• Unggi (Sonbong County) - 5%
• Anju - 15%
• Sinuiju - 50%
• Songjin (Kimchaek) - 50%
• Chongju (Chŏngju) - 60%
• Kanggye - 60% (reduced from previous estimate of 75%)
• Haeju - 75%
• Pyongyang - 75%
• Kyomipo (Songnim) - 80%
• Hamhung (Hamhŭng) - 80%
• Chinnampo (Namp'o)- 80%
• Wonsan (Wŏnsan)- 80%
• Hungnam (Hŭngnam) - 85%
• Sunan (Sunan-guyok) - 90%
• Sariwon (Sariwŏn) - 95%
• Hwangju (Hwangju County) - 97%
• Kunu-ri (Kunu-dong)- 100%
• Sinanju - 100%

See also

• Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities