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    During World War II, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between...
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    the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. These attacks came in various forms; from large-scale raids by medium bombers...
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    immediately after the attack. The two Japanese air raids were the first, and largest, of more than 100 air raids against Australia during 1942–1943. The...
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    the air raids on Japan which had begun in June 1944. Prior to this operation, the USAAF had focused on a precision bombing campaign against Japanese industrial...
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    The Taihoku Air Raid was the largest Allied air raid on the city of Taihoku (modern-day Taipei), then under Japanese colonial rule, during World War II...
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    Bombing of Nagoya in World War II (category Japan campaign)
    Army Air Forces took place as part of the air raids on Japan during the closing months of the war. The first strategic bombing attack on Nagoya was on April...
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    Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital...
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    to August 1945. Periodic air raids on Japan were the first attacks undertaken by Allied forces. In late 1944, these raids were followed by a major strategic...
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    had warned civilians of potential air raids by dropping more than 63 million leaflets across Japan. Many Japanese cities suffered terrible damage from...
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    British Hong Kong under Japanese air raid A map of Canterbury in New Zealand prepared by the Japanese Military following the attack on Pearl Harbour The South-East...
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    Pacific War, the Japanese frequently bombed civilian populations as early as 1937–1938, such as in Shanghai and Chongqing. US air raids on Japan escalated from...
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    The United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy conducted numerous air raids against Japanese-occupied Hong Kong and shipping near the city during...
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    Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subsequent...
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    million Japanese civilians were displaced from their homes between 1943 and 1945 as a result of air raids on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces...
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    The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF; Japanese: 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, romanized: Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun...
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    The M69 incendiary bomblet was used in air raids on Japan and China during World War II, including the firebombing of Tokyo in 1945. It was created by...
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    The Lookout Air Raids were minor but historic Japanese air raids that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings during World...
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    Bombing of Tokyo (category World War II strategic bombing of Japan)
    of bombing air raids launched by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The raids that were conducted by the U.S. military on the night...
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  • The Air General Army (航空総軍, Kōkū Sōgun) was a Japanese general army responsible for the defense of the country against Allied air raids during the last...
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    part of the Allied Air raids on Japan, and destroyed 21.5 percent of the city. B-29s also dropped naval mines near Fukuoka harbor on seven occasions between...
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    Frederick Kimble (category United States Air Force generals)
    Philippine Sea on 28 November 1944. Bombers based on Tinian participated in the campaign of air raids on Japan, including the bombing of Tokyo on 10 March 1945...
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    influence on Operation AL. After the air raids on Japan by the Doolittle bombers, the army acknowledged the need to set up patrol bases on the western...
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    weapons on Japanese combat aircraft List of Aircraft engines in use of Japanese Navy Air Force Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II Air raids on Japan...
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    Type 5 15 cm AA gun (category Artillery of Japan)
    replace the earlier Type 3 12 cm AA Gun as a defense against American air raids on Japan. In order to address the shortcomings of the Type 88 75 mm AA Gun...
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    influence on Operation AL. After the air raids on Japan by the Doolittle bombers, the army acknowledged the need to set up patrol bases on the western...
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    The Penghu air raids were a series of air raids over the Japanese controlled Penghu Islands (Hōko Prefecture) by Allied bombers from 12 October 1944, to...
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    several air raids on neighboring Hamamatsu city, which had suffered much more since its first air raid in February 1945. Air raids on Japan Japan campaign...
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    Japan since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942. This photo reconnaissance sortie returned with 7000 photographs which helped with planning air raids on...
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    series of Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands took place between November 1944 and January 1945. These raids targeted United States Army Air Forces...
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    States) Air raids Pearl Harbor (Hawaii, United States) Colombo and Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) Calcutta (India) Chittagong (Bangladesh) Air raids on Australia...
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