Cheongju, South Korea

Chongju (also Jongju) is a si, or city, in southern North Pyongan province, North Korea. Prior to 1994, it was designated as a kun or county. The terrain is mostly level, but mountainous in the north. To the south lies the Chongju Plain, where the hills do not rise above 200 metres. Chongju also includes approximately 10 islands in the Yellow Sea.

Chongju in The Hot War
Chongju was the target of a UN victory in April, 1951. Although World War III and the ground war in Europe was taking the attention and munitions of most of the players in the Korean War, nonetheless, the U.S. military was able to supply a regiment's worth of Pershing tanks in advance of the attack. The attack began with with a three-hour period of artillery shelling. The Pershings went in next, troops on foot behind them. While a couple of tanks were destroyed by Chinese and North Korean troops, the advance was not slowed, and the Communist allies sustained heavy losses.