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The Korean Peninsula - The Disappearing Spoon
Korean War is sometimes called the Forgotten War, but not for the people there. The opposing armies deployed more napalm in Korea than got used in all of the Vietnam War. This ravaged the landscape, destroying huge swaths of land. These scorched-earth tactics, along with intense aerial bombings, left 5 million dead or wounded.
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