1945-04-01

Heito industrial-area raid

Pingtung air raid WWIIHeito industrial-area raid is a air war record around Pingtung air raid WWII, 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. Okayama airfield raid in Taiwan
  2. Keelung harbor mining alert
  3. Tainan air raid
  4. Heito industrial-area raidCurrent record
  5. Taiwan rear-base linkage during Okinawa battle
  6. Taiwan railway bridge bombings
  7. Taichu air raid
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Wartime Position

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

Heito industrial-area raid is a air war record around Pingtung air raid WWII, 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 Pingtung air raid WWII clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Formosa air campaign map, 1945 and HyperWar · The Army Air Forces in World War II, Formosa provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Formosa air campaign map, 1945Visual recordFormosa air campaign map, 1945The Army Air Forces history map of Formosa places Heito, Tainan, Okayama, and Takao inside the island-wide airfield and industrial target system. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Heito industrial-area raid.”

Source Trail

SourceHyperWar · The Army Air Forces in World War II, FormosaOpen source