二次世界大戰資料庫 (WW2DB)

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseThe Genzan Airfield was built by the Japanese military a short distance to the east of Genzan, Japanese-occupied Korea (now Wonsan, North Korea) with the mission of protecting the port of Genzan, which was an important commercial link to Japan. In the early stages of WW2, sorties were launched from this airfield to support Japanese ground troops in northern and eastern China. During the Korean War, the airfield housed US Navy fighters while it was under US-South Korean control; it was also occupied by Communist Chinese and North Korean forces, but a major blockade rendered the airfield nearly unusable. The Wonsan Airfield remained under the control of the North Korean military until Sep 2015 when it became a civilian-military dual-use facility.

Genzan Airfield 互動地圖

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