1945-01-01

Bombing damage to Taiwan sugar facilities

Taiwan sugar bombingBombing damage to Taiwan sugar facilities is a air war record around Taiwan sugar bombing, 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. Keelung bombing
  2. Taiwan food rationing crisis
  3. Hsinchu oil-facility bombing
  4. Bombing damage to Taiwan sugar facilitiesCurrent record
  5. Keelung air raid
  6. Taiwan railway air-raid damage
  7. Shinchiku airfield raids
See all 202

Wartime Position

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

Bombing damage to Taiwan sugar facilities is a air war record around Taiwan sugar bombing, 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 sugar bombing clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

American parafrag bombs on a Keishu sugar mill and National WWII Museum · American parafrag bombs on a Keishu sugar mill provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

American parafrag bombs on a Keishu sugar millVisual recordAmerican parafrag bombs on a Keishu sugar millA 3 July 1945 aerial photograph of U.S. Fifth Air Force parafrag bombs falling on a sugar mill in Formosa. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Bombing damage to Taiwan sugar facilities.”

Source Trail

SourceNational WWII Museum · American parafrag bombs on a Keishu sugar millOpen source