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The Taihoku Airstrike (Chinese: 松山空襲) was an air raid by the military of the Republic of China against the metropolitan perimeter of Taihoku (modern-day Taipei), the capital of Japanese Taiwan, on 8 February 1938.
The Taihoku Air Raid [1] was the largest Allied air raid on the city of Taihoku (modern-day Taipei), then under Japanese colonial rule, during World War II. Many residents were killed in the raid and tens of thousands wounded or displaced.
Central Pacific Area (COMCENPAC): Primary subordinate command of Pacific Ocean Areas, also commanded by Chester W. Nimitz through the war. North Pacific Area (COMNORPAC): Formed in April 1942 as a subordinate command of Pacific Ocean Areas, commanded by Robert A. Theobald to January 1943, Thomas C. Kinkaid to October 1943, and Frank J. Fletcher ...
May 3, 1943: Plane crash kills General Frank M. Andrews, Commander of U.S. Army operations in Europe May 14, 1943: Australian hospital ship Centaur sunk by Japanese sub, 268 medical personnel killed May 15, 1943: "Bat bomb" experiment sets fire to Carlsbad Army Air Force base May 16, 1943: SS Polizeifuhrer Stroop announces final eradication of Warsaw's Jewish quarter and its 56,065 residents
Towards the end of World War II, as the situation looked increasingly desperate for Japan, the Taiwan Army was merged with several other units garrisoning the island of Taiwan against possible Allied invasion, and the Taiwan Army was absorbed into the new Japanese Tenth Area Army on 22 September 1944, under which it formed the Taiwan District ...
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[b] In August, Circuses were flown with 2 Group and 5 Group, Bomber Command. [1] Fighter Command was losing pilots and aircraft on operations over Europe, but Douglas claimed that losses were lighter than during the Battle of Britain and aircraft losses were replaceable. [1] In fact, the losses were actually higher and the results disappointing.
Commando raids were made by the Western Allies during much of the Second World War against the Atlantic Wall.The raids were conducted by the armed forces of Britain, the Commonwealth and a small number of men from the occupied territories serving with No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando during the Second World War.