Air raids on Penang
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Between 1944 and 1945, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted bombing and mining missions against Japanese-occupied Penang. Carried out by long-range bombers based in India, the raids aimed to disrupt maritime shipping in the northern Strait of Malacca and the use of Penang's harbour as an Axis submarine base. While these Allied aerial missions effectively disrupted Japanese military logistics in the region, they also resulted in considerable damage to the urban landscape of George Town, Penang's capital city.
1914-10-28T00:00:00Z
1914-10-28T00:00:00Z
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Air raids on Penang | airstrike | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Penang | Russian Empire, French Third Republic, German Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Cornwallis | star fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Minden Barracks | fort | Wikidata | |