1944-10-13

Keelung bombing

TaiwanKeelung bombing 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. Formosa Air Battle begins
  2. Air raids on Taiwan intensify
  3. Kaohsiung air raid
  4. Keelung bombingCurrent record
  5. Taiwan food rationing crisis
  6. Hsinchu oil-facility bombing
  7. Bombing damage to Taiwan sugar facilities
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Wartime Position

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

Keelung bombing 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.

Yomiuri Hōchi front page, 14 October 1944 and Wikimedia Commons · Front page of Yomiuri Hōchi, 14 October 1944 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Yomiuri Hōchi front page, 14 October 1944Visual recordYomiuri Hōchi front page, 14 October 1944The 14 October 1944 Yomiuri Hōchi front page anchors the reporting frame around Allied raids on northern Taiwan, including Keelung. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Keelung bombing.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Front page of Yomiuri Hōchi, 14 October 1944Open source