Bombing of Rabaul information

Bombing of Rabaul may refer to the following engagements of World War II Bombing of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) This disambiguation...

Rabaul (/rɑːˈbaʊl/) is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the...

World War I on the island of New Pomerania (now New Britain) Battle of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) New Britain...

United States Strategic Bombing Survey (June 1946). "U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki". Nuclear...

Bomb Squadron during the 2 November 1943 attack on Simpson harbor. Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force Bombing of Rabaul (1942) Bombing...

The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during...

Battle of Finschhafen Battle of Sattelberg Battle of Jivevaneng Battle of Wareo Battle of Sio Landing at Saidor Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) New Britain...

aircraft losses and the disabling of four heavy cruisers during the bombing of Rabaul meant that the original Japanese plan of a strike at the American invasion...

The neutralisation of Rabaul was an Allied campaign to render useless the Imperial Japanese base at Rabaul in eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Japanese...

(Hikōtaichō) of the carrier Shōkaku. He led Aichi D3A dive bombers during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and during the Bombing of Rabaul in January...

strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military...

The Bombing of Tokyo (東京大空襲, Tōkyōdaikūshū) was a series of bombing air raids launched by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The raids...

a week until the end of the war in Europe. In reality, the day bombing was "precision bombing" only in the sense that most bombs fell somewhere near a...

endured the Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943), which damaged many Japanese ships anchored there. On 19 June 1944, she survived the Battle of the Philippine...

staff of Luftflotte 2 in Berlin. Instead of a precision bombing, a carpet bombing by Heinkel He 111 bombers was carried out, with only a Gruppe of Stukas...

Prague was a single bomber of the French Air Force in April 1940, but it dropped propaganda leaflets, not bombs. The first bombing mission was flown by the...

undamaged in the Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943), Shigure was ordered back to Sasebo for a long overdue refit. Hara was relieved of his command and reassigned...

Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare...

 61–62 United States Strategic Bombing Survey 1946, p. 19 Zimm 2011, pp. 330–341 Owen, RAdm USN, Thomas B. (1989). Memories of the War Years. Vol. I. Washington:...

two Mitsubishi G4M bombers, used as fast transport aircraft without bombs, left Rabaul as scheduled for the 315 mi (507 km) trip. Sixteen P-38s intercepted...

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policy of bombing only targets of direct military significance was gradually abandoned in favour of "area bombing", the large-scale bombing of German...

objective of using Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases in supporting a campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New...