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Wonsan (Korean pronunciation:), previously known as Wonsanjin (元山津), is a port city and naval base located in Kangwon Province, North Korea, along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, on the Sea of Japan and the provincial capital. The port was opened by Japanese forces in 1880.
The blockade of Wonsan, or the siege of Wonsan, from February 16, 1951, to July 27, 1953, during the Korean War, was the longest naval blockade in modern history, lasting 861 days. United Nations naval forces, primarily from the United States, kept the strategically important city of Wonsan from being used by the North Korea Navy. [1] [2] [3]
Kalma Airport (IATA: WOS, ICAO: ZKWS) is a dual-use civil and military airport in Wonsan, Kangwon-do, North Korea. A new international terminal and passenger ramp opened in September 2015. A new international terminal and passenger ramp opened in September 2015.
The Wonsan incident occurred during a stalemate in the Korea War. The Communist-controlled port city of Wonsan was under naval blockade by the U.S. Navy and its allies. [3] Meanwhile, Sunchon was the site of a major air battle in which new Soviet-made supersonic jet fighters handily defeated their UN counterparts. [4] [5] [6]
A B-29 dropping 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs over Korea, August 1951 The North Korean city of Wonsan under attack by B-26 bombers from the Fifth Air Force, 1951. In early July 1950, General Emmett O'Donnell Jr. requested permission to incinerate five North Korean cities.
Destroyed during the Korean War, it was replaced by a new station in the Yangji-dong neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city; the new station handles only passenger trains, with the freight destined for the city being handled at Kalma station in the industrial Kalma-dong neighbourhood 4.1 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Wŏnsan station. [2]
USS Partridge was mined off Wonsan on February 2 and became the last American vessel to be destroyed during operations in that area. Sometime in 1952, Lieutenant McMullen received an anonymous package containing Pirate ' s battle flag and on May 28, 1985, it was donated to the Naval Historical Center and is on display at the Korean War exhibit.
The Genzan Air Group was founded on 15 November 1940 at Genzan, Korea, then a part of the Empire of Japan.It was initially a mixed-unit equipped with 33 Type 96 Mitsubishi G3M1 bombers and 25 Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M4 fighters under the command of the Second Air Fleet.