DAY 19  

The Battle for Pyongyang and Battle of Pyongbyon continued.

But the other action occurred  in the West. At approximately 1030 local, as Russian troops neared the center of Wonsan, rebel forces detonated a 10 KT nuclear warhead. It was a surface burst, but the impact was still devastating. Approximately 125,000 civilians; 12,000 Russian soldiers; and 20,000 rebels were killed or wounded in the blast or by the subsequent fallout.  The prevailing winds carried fallout to the northwest, where it caused several hundred casualties on Russian and French warships operating in support of ground operations. All 5th Army Group units outside of the immediate blast area have withdrawn a safe distance from the city and are in the process of decontaminating. They await further orders.

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