1945-06-19

Kyushu air raids intensify

FukuokaKyushu air raids intensify is a air war record around Fukuoka, 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. Suzuki cabinet formed
  2. Nagoya air raid
  3. Supreme War Council adopts homeland battle policy
  4. Kyushu air raids intensifyCurrent record
  5. Japan Volunteer Fighting Corps mobilization
  6. Kure naval arsenal raids
  7. Potsdam Declaration received in Tokyo
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Wartime Position

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

Kyushu air raids intensify is a air war record around Fukuoka, 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 Fukuoka clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

XXI Bomber Command Fukuoka-area map, June 1945 and Wikimedia Commons · XXI Bomber Command map of the Fukuoka area, June 1945 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

XXI Bomber Command Fukuoka-area map, June 1945Visual recordXXI Bomber Command Fukuoka-area map, June 1945A June 1945 XXI Bomber Command map of the Fukuoka area anchors the widening Kyushu air raids in the home-island air war and urban air-defense pressure before surrender. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Kyushu air raids intensify.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · XXI Bomber Command map of the Fukuoka area, June 1945Open source