1945-05-31

Taihoku air raid

TaiwanTaihoku air raid is a air war record, situated in the endgame phase when U.S. air war and Japanese defensive planning exposed Taiwan’s military-base role. It belongs to the wider reshaping of colonial rule and wartime mobilization in Taiwan.

Other events in this phase

Colonial Taiwan and Wartime Mobilization202
  1. Taiwan rear-base linkage during Okinawa battle
  2. Taiwan railway bridge bombings
  3. Taichu air raid
  4. Taihoku air raidCurrent record
  5. Taiwan Governor-General evacuation orders
  6. Taiwan Governor-General final-defense mobilization
  7. Taiwan final-defense corps mobilized
See all 202

Wartime Position

the endgame when U.S. air war and Japanese defensive planning exposed Taiwan’s military-base role

Taihoku air raid is a air war record, situated in the endgame phase when U.S. air war and Japanese defensive planning exposed Taiwan’s military-base role. It belongs to the wider reshaping of colonial rule and wartime mobilization in Taiwan.

Reading The Record

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

Taihoku Air Raid damage and Wikimedia Commons · Taihoku Air Raid provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Taihoku Air Raid damageVisual recordTaihoku Air Raid damageA photograph of late-war air raids on Taiwan and the collapse of colonial air defense. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Taihoku air raid.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Taihoku Air RaidOpen source