Bombing of Osaka
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The bombing of Osaka during the Pacific War was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United States against military and civilian targets and population centers in Japan. It first took place from the middle of the night on March 13, 1945, to the early morning of the next day. There were also bomb raids on June 1, 6, 7, 15, 26, July 10, 24, and August 14, the last day of the war. It is said that more than 10,000 civilians died in these bombings.
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1945 Bombing of Osaka
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B-29 shot down by flak
B-29s dropping bombs
B-29 targets from China
OS2U Kingfisher in flight over Japan, circa in late August 1945
US Bombers near Mount Fuji
Naha bomb 10 oct 1944
Isely Field with B-29s in mid 1945
Bomdropping boven Japan, Bestanddeelnr 900-6588
Kushiro on Hokkaido burning after carrier raid
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| event | armed conflict | 1185 | Battle of Kawajiri | battle, Yukitsuna Minamoto, Minamoto no Yoshitsune | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1331 | Siege of Akasaka | Kusunoki Masasue, battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1333 | Siege of Kami-Akasaka Castle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1336 | Battle of Teshimagawara | battle, Nitta Yoshisada, Ashikaga Takauji | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1338 | Battle of Ishizu | battle, Kitabatake Akiie, Kō no Moronao | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1348 | Battle of Shijōnawate | battle, Ashikaga Takauji, Kusunoki Masatsura | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1351 | Battle of Uchidehama | battle, Ashikaga Tadayoshi, Ashikaga Takauji | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1352 | Siege of Hachiman | siege, Go-Murakami, Ashikaga Yoshiakira | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1353 | Battle of Yawata | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1355 | Battle of Kōnai | battle, Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Yamana Tokiuji | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1388 | Battle of Hirao | battle, Ujikiyo Yamana, Kusunoki Masakatsu | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1461 | Siege of Dakeyama Castle | siege, Hatakeyama Yoshinari | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1469 | Battle of Nishinooka | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1477 | Siege of Wakae Castle | siege, Hatakeyama Yoshinari, Yusa Naganao | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1511 | Battle of Ashiyagawara | battle, Kawarabayashi Masayori | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1531 | Daimotsu Kuzure | battle, Hosokawa Takakuni | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1542 | Battle of Taiheiji | battle, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, Kizawa Nagamasa, Yusa Naganori | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1544 | Siege of Kōriyama Castle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1547 | Battle of Shariji | battle, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, Yusa Naganori | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1549 | Siege of Eguchi | siege, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, Miyoshi Masanaga | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1562 | Battle of Kumeda | battle, Miyoshi Yoshikata, Hatakeyama Takamasa | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1562 | Battle of Kyōkōji | Hatakeyama Takamasa, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1570 | Battle of Noda-Fukushima | Oda Nobunaga, battle, Miyoshi Trio | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1571 | Battle of Shiraikawara | battle, Wada Koremasa, Araki Murashige | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1573 | Siege of Wakae Castle | siege, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, Sakuma Nobumori | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1574 | Siege of Itami | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1574 | Siege of Takaya Castle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1576 | Siege of Mitsuji | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1576 | Battle of Tennōji | battle, Oda Nobunaga, Ishiyama Hongan-ji | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1576 | Battles of Kizugawaguchi | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1576 | First Battle of Kizugawaguchi | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1577 | Siege of Shigisan | siege, Oda Nobutada, Matsunaga Hisahide | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1578 | Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi | battle, Kuki Yoshitaka, Mōri navy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1578 | Siege of Itami | Oda Nobunaga, Araki Murashige, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1580 | Siege of Hanakuma | siege, Ikeda Tsuneoki, Araki Murashige | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1582 | Battle of Uchidehama | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1582 | Battle of Yamazaki | battle, Akechi Mitsuhide, Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1600 | Battle of Imafuku | battle, Satake Yoshinobu, Kimura Shigenari | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1614 | Siege of Osaka | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1614 | Winter Siege of Osaka | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1614 | Battle of Kizugawa | battle, Hachisuka Yoshishige | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1614 | Battle of Shigino | battle, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Inoue Yoritsugu | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1614 | Battle of Noda-Fukushima | battle, Kuki Moritaka, Ōno Harutane | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1614 | Battle of Bakurōbuchi | battle, Ishikawa Tadafusa | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1615 | Siege of Sanada Maru | Maeda Toshitsune, siege, Sanada Yukimura | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1615 | Summer Siege of Osaka | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1615 | Battle of Yao | battle, Kimura Shigenari | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1615 | Battle of Dōmyōji | battle, Mototsugu Gotō | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1615 | Battle of Tennōji | battle, Honda Tadatomo, Sanada Yukimura | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1885 | Osaka Incident | attempted coup d'état, Kentarō Ōi, incident | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Bombing of Osaka | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | bombing of Kobe in World War II | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | Sakura | destroyer escort, Matsu-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
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| organisation | factory | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works | shipyard | Wikidata | |
| organisation | factory | Onohama Shipyards | shipyard | Wikidata | |
| organisation | factory | 1878 | Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation | shipyard, shipbuilding, division | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1864 | Wadamisaki Battery | coastal battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1866 | Nishinomiya Battery | coastal battery | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Yamazaki Castle | hill castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1536 | Shigisan Castle | hill castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Ai Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Ōsaka Aoyama History & Literature Museum | history museum, literary museum, university museum, tenshu | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | B-29 shot down by flak | Commons | ||
| commons | image | B-29s dropping bombs | Commons | ||
| commons | image | B-29 targets from China | Commons | ||
| commons | image | OS2U Kingfisher in flight over Japan, circa in late August 1945 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | US Bombers near Mount Fuji | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Naha bomb 10 oct 1944 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Isely Field with B-29s in mid 1945 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bomdropping boven Japan, Bestanddeelnr 900-6588 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Kushiro on Hokkaido burning after carrier raid | Commons | ||
| commons | image | P-51s escort B-29 | Commons | ||
