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'''Pyongyang''' is the capital city of [[North Korea]].
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'''Pyongyang''' ([[Hangul]]: 평양 직할시) is the capital city of [[North Korea]].
    
In the [[Korean War]], Pyongyang Airport was the target of the first [[US Navy]] airstrike of the war.<ref>''Air Combat: An Oral History of Fighter Pilots'', by Robert F. Dorr, Penguin Books, 2006</ref>  [[B-29 Superfortress|B-29s]] attacked Pyongyang several times over the course of the war, and on at least two occasions dropped incendiary bombs in an effort to burn the city.  However, both raids were in January 1952, and the snow on the roofs limited the bombs' effectiveness.<ref>''B-29 Superfortress Units of the Korean War'', by Robert F. Dorr, Osprey Publishing, 2003</ref>  
 
In the [[Korean War]], Pyongyang Airport was the target of the first [[US Navy]] airstrike of the war.<ref>''Air Combat: An Oral History of Fighter Pilots'', by Robert F. Dorr, Penguin Books, 2006</ref>  [[B-29 Superfortress|B-29s]] attacked Pyongyang several times over the course of the war, and on at least two occasions dropped incendiary bombs in an effort to burn the city.  However, both raids were in January 1952, and the snow on the roofs limited the bombs' effectiveness.<ref>''B-29 Superfortress Units of the Korean War'', by Robert F. Dorr, Osprey Publishing, 2003</ref>  
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