During the Korean War (1950-1953), the United States, as part of the United Nations Command forces, conducted an extensive and devastating bombing campaign against North Korea
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This campaign involved dropping a massive amount of explosives and napalm, which historians and analysts have described as a "merciless" and "savage" air war. The bombing destroyed cities, towns, and infrastructure, with estimates suggesting that nearly all of North Korea's cities and towns, including an estimated 85% of its buildings, were destroyed. The scale of the bombing was immense, with more bombs dropped on North Korea than in the entire Pacific theater during World War II.
While the official US policy was to target communication and industrial centers, the inaccuracy of bombing at the time led to high civilian casualties despite the intended precision bombing policy. One historical account from Vox notes that the United States "carpet-bombed the North for three years with next to no concern for civilian casualties". Some estimates suggest that the bombing contributed to the deaths of a significant portion of the North Korean population. For example, General Curtis LeMay, who was involved in the bombings, estimated that about 20% of North Korea's population had died during the war, including from starvation and exposure as a direct result of the bombing campaign.
North Korea continues to remember this period and uses it in its propaganda to portray the United States as a hostile and destructive force.
Bombing of North Korea - Wikipedia
North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950, air forces of the United Nations Command began an extensive bombing.
Americans have forgotten what we did to North Korea - Vox
Aug 3, 2015 — That act was this: In the early 1950s, during the Korean War, the US dropped more bombs on North Korea than it had dropped in the entire Pacific theater during WW2.
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