Bombings

Throughout The Hunger Games trilogy, there are numerous bombings within Panem.

First Bombing of District 13
During the first uprisings of the districts, District 13 trained their nuclear weapons on the Capitol and forced a stalemate of Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D). They promised to play dead if the Capitol would leave them alone. They went into hiding and built a whole underground district, while the Capitol bombed the surface.

District 8 Uprising
The first bombing of District 8 happened after the uprising of District 8. The bombing was first done to the rebel strongholds in the district during the uprising. The final bomb to be dropped was to the factory where Bonnie and Twill worked. The factory was bombed after the uprising had been over for weeks, due to the factory being believed to be the start of the uprising since many would speak of an uprising by whispering to each other under the sound of the loud textile machinery. The Capitol found out that the factory had been the start of the uprising, so they wanted to punish the workers inside. Of the workers, only they survived and their families were killed.

Known deaths

 * Twill's husband
 * Bonnie's family
 * Factory Workers

The Hob
In the bombing of the Hob, there were no deaths, but it sent a message saying, "Do not break the law." The Hob was burned down by the Peacekeepers, with many who owned stands in the Hob fleeing from the area. As a result, Cray was executed or avoxed and replaced.

District 12
In the bombing of District 12, its citizens were killed because of the liberation of the 75th Hunger Games. During this, Gale Hawthorne gathered many citizens and led them away from District 12, into the woods, where they were later picked up by District 13. Only approximately 900 of out 8000 people survived the bombings, including Primrose Everdeen and Mrs. Everdeen.

Known deaths

 * Mayor Undersee
 * Madge Undersee
 * Mrs. Undersee
 * Mayor Undersee's two servants
 * Mr. Mellark
 * Mrs. Mellark
 * Peeta's two older brothers
 * Delly Cartwright's parents
 * Lady

Second Bombing of District 13
Due to Peeta's warnings, the government of District 13 safely evacuated everyone prior to the bombings, with time to spare. Katniss played a rolemodel to the citizens of District 13. They followed her and did as she did. She had to act calm and not fret. This was hard, however, when she found that Prim was not there. She realized that she and Gale had gone up to their compartment to retrieve her cat, Buttercup. During the bombings, Katniss invented a game where Buttercup chases a light from a flashlight called Crazy Cat. Katniss says the light is like Peeta and she is Buttercup because she keeps trying to catch him, but he keeps slipping away.

Bombing of District 8 during the rebellion
District 8 was bombed a second time when the war was in full effect. Katniss, Gale, Boggs, Cressida, Haymitch, and other District 13 and camera crews were sent to District 8 in order to film a propo. Katniss went through a hospital full of injured rebel soldiers, and others who may have been sick or injured for any other reason. As she toured many were ecstatic to meet her, like the injured Eddy who was in awe to meet her. After exiting the hospital, Katniss witnessed the Capitol's hovercrafts bomb the hospital and the surrounding areas in the district, killing the patients inside. This bombing caused Katniss to fight alongside Paylor and Gale to shoot down the Capitol hovercrafts. The group was able to shoot down the Capitol hovercrafts, and the hovercrafts lay in ruin and in flames.

This bombing greatly affected Katniss as she was sentimental to the injured soldiers who were all happy to see her. In response to this bombing, she on camera said, "I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I'm right here in District 8, where the Capitol has just bombed a hospital full of unarmed men, women, and children. There will be no survivors. I want to tell people that if you think for second that the Capitol will treat us fairly if there's a cease-fire, you're deluding yourself. Because you know who they are and what they do. This is what they do! And we must fight back! President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that? Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!"

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