Category Archives: Korean War

Allies accused of germ bombing in Korea 60 years ago today (1952)


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(Friday, February 22, 1952) — The Chinese Communist radio at Peiping charged today that Allied planes dropped “epidemic” germs including cholera along the Communist front lines and rear areas in Korea between Jan. 28 and Feb. 17. Continue reading Allies accused of germ bombing in Korea 60 years ago today (1952)

Korean War POW lists exchanged 60 years ago today (1951)


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(Tuesday, December 18, 1951) — In a big step toward resolving difficilites over an armistice in the Korean War, the communists today turned over a list of 11,559 prisoners, 3,198 of them Americans, far short of United Nations estimates of 100,000 or more missing. The UN command handed the communists a list of 132,474 Chinese and North Korean prisoners.