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Sinanju in January 1953. Trains were supposed to dock in marshaling yards there. Allied bombers destroyed them at night, but this only stopped enemy transport temporarily. Consequentially, in Spring of 1953,
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to halt the transport of supplies to North Korea. During the second Korean winter, railways and bridges leading from
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100 percent of
Sinanju was destroyed by the U.S. bombing; four other North Korean cities were at least 90 percent destroyed.
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During the third Korean winter of the war, the USAF targeted five railroad bridges over the
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troops had more difficulty transporting troops and supplies due to relentless allied intervention.
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According to a bomb assessment conducted by the U.S. Air Force, over the course of the
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Sinanju's bridges and railways were bombed by the United States Air Force during the
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of the Korean war to date - at least 300 planes converged on a city on the
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through April to destroy bridges between
Sinanju and
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361:American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953
341:Mig Alley : The Fight For Air Superiority
23:Place in South Pyongan Province, North Korea
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222:Unggi (Sonbong County) - 5%
166:conducted the most massive
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270:Kunu-ri (Kunu-dong)- 100%
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323:Korean Service 1950-1954
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231:Songjin (Kimchaek) - 50%
264:Sariwon (Sariwŏn) - 95%
258:Hungnam (Hŭngnam) - 85%
252:Chinnampo (Namp'o)- 80%
249:Hamhung (Hamhŭng) - 80%
246:Kyomipo (Songnim) - 80%
234:Chongju (Chŏngju) - 60%
359:Crane, Conrad (2000).
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148:South Pyongan Province
119:South Pyongan Province
142:is a region (신안주) in
18:Sinanju (martial art)
255:Wonsan (Wŏnsan)- 80%
187:B-29 Superfortresses
162:On May 9, 1951, the
66:Revised Romanization
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219:Najin (Rashin) - 5%
399:39.600°N 125.617°E
346:2007-06-12 at the
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240:Haeju - 75%
152:North Korea
107:North Korea
417:Categories
309:2006-11-06
225:Anju - 15%
216:Musan - 5%
210:Korean War
179:Korean War
172:Yalu River
125:Population
295:"Sinanju"
203:Communist
191:Pyongyang
168:airstrike
390:125°37′E
344:Archived
326:Archived
114:Province
387:39°36′N
274:Sinanju
198:Estuary
183:Chongju
158:History
140:Sinanju
103:Country
84:Sinanju
71:Sinanju
30:Sinanju
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43:Hangul
281:Notes
54:Hanja
365:ISBN
144:Anju
58:新安州
47:신안주
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