Russo-Corean War: Difference between revisions

| casualties1 = '''Killed:''' 510,000 <br> '''Missing/Deserted:''' 240,000 <br> '''Total Casualties:''' 760,000

| casualties2 = '''Civilian deadCivilians:''' 670,000 <br> wounded (Estimated) <br>'''Military dead:''' 1,819,910 <br> '''Total Casualties'''

The '''Russo-Corean War''' (Corean: 서광붕맹, Dutch: ''De Slag naar CoreeCorea'', Russian: Русско-Kорейская Bойна), also known in the Sinosphere as the '''Chinese Unification War''' (統一戰爭; Cantonese'': tung'it zinzang;'' [[Mandarin]]'': tung'i chancheng'') was a military fought between 1932 and 1936. It was a punitive war launched by and [[Russia]], supported by [[Japan]] and the [[Wahhah Republic|Wah-hah Republic]], against [[Corea]] in response to the empire's expansionism.

The Russians declare war on Corea in 1932. Their first strike came from the air, as a fleet of 95 bombers on the ninth of May conducted the first successful strategic bombing mission. The city of Sjimjang was razed to the ground by a firebombing campaign and many of the city's wooden houses were burned to the ground, foreshadowing the horrible tactics that the belligerents would employ in the war.