There Were No Targets Left Carpet Bombing North Korea

Apology for the bombing could help dispel 65 years of hate.

There were no targets left carpet bombing north korea.

And if north korea ever does change if the kim family were overthrown or were to voluntarily loosen its chokehold on information a u s. From carpet bombing to mass executions the us and its south korean allies were responsible for some of the worst atrocities. The early bombing campaign over north korea was focused on targeting ground forces and industrial capabilities. Korean war refugees in haengju korea on june 9 1951.

But no one is sure how. General douglas macarthur s plan to win was a list of targets sent to the pentagon requesting 34 atomic bombs to create a belt of radioactive cobalt across the neck of manchuria so that there. This carpet bombing which included 32 000 tons of napalm often deliberately targeted civilian as well as military targets devastating the country far beyond what was necessary to fight the war. Usaf general curtis lemay commented we went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in north korea anyway some way or another and some in south korea too pyongyang which saw 75 percent of its area destroyed was so devastated that bombing was halted as there were no longer any worthy targets.

There were no more targets in korea in august 1951 war correspondent tibor meray stated that he had witnessed a complete devastation between the yalu river and the capital. North korea almost certainly has the capability to use a nuclear bomb against anything in south korea and japan said joshua pollack editor of nonproliferation review. Given that the peninsula is cut by a series of north south mountain chains the communist armed forces were funneled into a limited number of routes if they wished to attack the south. Consequently as armstrong again points out by the fall of 1952 there were no effective.