1945-01-09

Taiwan railway air-raid damage

TaiwanTaiwan railway air-raid damage is a air war · infrastructure 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. Hsinchu oil-facility bombing
  2. Bombing damage to Taiwan sugar facilities
  3. Keelung air raid
  4. Taiwan railway air-raid damageCurrent record
  5. Shinchiku airfield raids
  6. Hualien air raid
  7. Heito airfield raid
See all 202

Wartime Position

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

Taiwan railway air-raid damage is a air war · infrastructure 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.

Bombing of Takao railroad yards and Wikimedia Commons · Bombs on Takao railroad yards, Formosa provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Bombing of Takao railroad yardsVisual recordBombing of Takao railroad yardsA 12 August 1945 aerial photograph of bombs exploding on the railroad yards at Takao, Formosa. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Taiwan railway air-raid damage.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Bombs on Takao railroad yards, FormosaOpen source