Podcasts Society & Culture Philosophy The Barbarization of The Sky and the Bombing of North Korea during the Korean War: Master Class #2 with Charles Hanley

The Barbarization of The Sky and the Bombing of North Korea during the Korean War: Master Class #2 with Charles Hanley

Published: July 2, 2020, 8 p.m.

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In this third installment of our series commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, Pulitzer Prize winning author and former AP investigative journalist Charles Hanley joins us as a special guest as we focus on the aerial bombardment of North Korea during the Korean War. In today’s show, we discuss the use of US/UN airpower during the Korean War, and its psychological and material impact to the ordinary person in North Korea. Largely unknown by the average American is the fact that the US airforce bombed North Korea in such a way as to cause unspeakable devastation to ordinary people in North Korea. Entire cities were destroyed as were irrigation dams that were crucial to the food supply. According to one report, not a single house in Pyonyang still possessed both four walls and a roof after the bombing campaign. In today’s show, we discuss this hidden nightmare from the forgotten war.