There Was Nothing Left To Bomb Carpet Bombing North Korea

What everyone in pyongyang knows and fears.

There was nothing left to bomb carpet bombing north korea. Though the country s leaders are typically portrayed as buffoonish even silly in fact they are deadly serious in. The bombing was concentrated in a four by three mile area preparing the way for the first army. Unfortunately this area will be left a desert by this area macarthur meant the entire area between our present positions and the border. This tactic was later used in many cases in the normandy campaign.

The us air force subjected north koreans to three years of rain and ruin. As civilian casualties mounted and media accounts of the destruction surfaced public support for the carpet bombing diminished. Perhaps no country on earth is more misunderstood by americans than north korea. During the vietnam war president richard nixon ordered carpet bombing of north vietnam as well as cambodia which was believed to be supplying the viet cong.

Air force general curtis lemay head of the strategic air command during the korean war estimated that the american campaign killed 20 per cent of the population. Regrettably the us used carpet bombing and napalm munitions to maximize the effectiveness of raids. Several nations complained about the u s. Almost the entire korean peninsula is just a terrible mess.

The first bombing attack on north korea was approved on the fourth. There is nothing standing worthy of the. Carried out under sir arthur tedder it was hailed by the press as tedder s bomb carpet or tedder s carpet. For example in the battle for caen.

While these capabilities were undoubtedly successful in neutralizing north korea s economy they inflicted considerable suffering on the civilian population. It was a living nightmare one that still haunts the country to this day skip to main content.