1945-03-19

Prelude to raids on Kure Naval Arsenal

KurePrelude to raids on Kure Naval Arsenal is a air war record around Kure, situated in the defeat-endgame phase linking homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics and home-front mobilization in Japan.

Other events in this phase

Japanese Imperial Home Front163
  1. Tokyo firebombing deepens the government crisis
  2. Osaka air raid
  3. Kobe air raid
  4. Prelude to raids on Kure Naval ArsenalCurrent record
  5. Okinawa civilian administration collapses under battle
  6. Operation Ketsugo planning
  7. Soviet notice ending neutrality-pact extension
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Wartime Position

the defeat-endgame when homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics converged

Prelude to raids on Kure Naval Arsenal is a air war record around Kure, situated in the defeat-endgame phase linking homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics and home-front mobilization in Japan.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around Kure clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Aircraft carriers under attack at Kure, 19 March 1945 and Wikimedia Commons · Aircraft carriers under attack at Kure, 19 March 1945 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Aircraft carriers under attack at Kure, 19 March 1945Visual recordAircraft carriers under attack at Kure, 19 March 1945A 19 March 1945 photograph of aircraft carriers under attack at Kure anchors the pressure on Japan’s naval arsenal and home-island air defenses before the later Kure raids. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Prelude to raids on Kure Naval Arsenal.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Aircraft carriers under attack at Kure, 19 March 1945Open source