Carnage of Kaesong*
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Date: June 10, 2009*
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Battle Location: Kaesong, North Korea*
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Battle Type: South Korea advance vs North Korea delay.*
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Description: Led by the United States an international coalition is formed to put pressure on the ever defiant North Korea. The goal is to force Pyongyang to adhere to the demand of the international community, especially regarding the suspected Nuclear Weapons program.*
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Despite a build-up of various forces in South Korea the North Korean leadership does not find the coalition to be a credible threat, as there is some disagreement between chiefly the European countries and the United States, on top of which most of the coalition partners are more or less bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan.*
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A number of ultimatums put forward by the coalition are ignored. Efforts by China to mediate in the crisis fail. North Korea mobilise some of its forces, but preparations are limited as the leadership in Pyongyang remains secure in the belief that the military build-up is a bluff.* 
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On June 5 the military operations against North Korea begins.*
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During the initial advance the town of Kaesong was by-passed by the coalition offensive and left to be cleared by the ROK Marine Corps. Initially it was considered an honorary assignment by the troops of the ROKMC 3 Regiment, the first coalition troops to enter the city, as Kaesong had been ruled by Seoul before 1950. But the stern resistance from the all but doomed KPA regulars and militia forces trapped in the city quickly provoked a level of violence the coalition originally had wanted to avoid. The liberation turned into devastation as the fight for the streets of Kaesong reached its climax.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the South Korean side.*
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Sources: Fictional scenario*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**
