Large-scale air raids on Taipei during World War II
Taihoku Air Raid
Part of World War II, Pacific theater
An aerial photograph by U.S. Air Force
Date
May 31, 1945
Location
Taihoku, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Taipei, Taiwan)
Result
Allied victory
Belligerents
Japan
United States
Strength
Virtually nonexistent
117 B-24
Casualties and losses
Civilians killed: 3,000+ Wounded/Displaced: tens of thousands
none
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Philippines campaign (1944–45)
Visayas
Leyte
Panay
Simara
Negros
Cebu City
Luzon
Mindoro
Lingayen Gulf
Kirang Pass
Cabanatuan
Bataan
Manila
Corregidor
Baguio
Villa Verde Trail
Los Baños
Palawan
Wawa Dam
Bessang Pass
Mindanao
Bukidnon
Cotabato and Maguindanao
Davao
Naval operations
Convoy Hi-71
Shin'yō Maru incident
Formosa
Leyte Gulf
Ormoc Bay
Convoy Hi-81
South China Sea raid
Raid on Taihoku
Action of 24 July 1945
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.
^(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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