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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.
31 May – Taihoku Air Raid. August. 18 August – Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash at Taihoku . October 25 October – ...
Most recently, it was hit by American bombers during the Taihoku Air Raid on May 31, 1945, during World War II because the Japanese were reportedly hiding armaments there. The main building and the left corridor were damaged and many precious artifacts and artworks were lost. [1] It was rebuilt after the end of World War II a few months later.
The following raids held on Giran Airfield. On March 13, 1945, Avenger bombers supported by 1844 Naval Air Squadron’s Hellcats and 1830 Naval Air Squadron’s Corsairs bombed the airfield, and damaged approximately 13 aircraft on Giran Airfield. The targeted aircraft may have been decoys or dummy planes. [4]
Namely, the human and natural resources of Taiwan were used to aid the development of Japan, a policy which began under Governor-General Kodama and reached its peak in 1943, in the middle of World War II. From 1900 to 1920, Taiwan's economy was dominated by the sugar industry, while from 1920 to 1930, rice was the primary export.
Cops are probing whether the weapon used to kill United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was a “veterinary” gun commonly used to euthanize animals, an NYPD official said.
The park was originally established in 1900 as Taihoku New Park (臺北新公園; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Sin-kong-hn̂g) during the Japanese colonial period, [1] on former temple grounds. It was the first European-style urban park in Taiwan, placed on the grounds of the Governor-General's Office .