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Taihoku Air Raid
Part of World War II, Pacific theater

An aerial photograph by U.S. Air Force
DateMay 31, 1945
Location
Taihoku, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Taipei, Taiwan)
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Raid on Taipei Japan Raid on Taipei United States
Strength
Virtually nonexistent 117 B-24
Casualties and losses
Civilians killed: 3,000+
Wounded/Displaced: tens of thousands
none

The Taihoku Air Raid[1] was the largest Allied air raid on the city of Taihoku (modern-day Taipei), then under Japanese colonial rule, during World War II. Many residents were killed in the raid and tens of thousands wounded or displaced.

  1. ^ (traditional Chinese and Japanese: 臺北大空襲; simplified Chinese: 台北大空袭; pinyin: Táiběi Dà Kōngxí; rōmaji: Taihoku Daikūshū; pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Tōa Khong-si̍p)

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