bombing of Kobe in World War II
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The bombing of Kobe on March 16 and 17, 1945, was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United States against military and civilian targets and population centers during the Japan home islands campaign in the closing stages of the Pacific War. The city would be bombed again in later months.
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1945 bombing of Kobe in World War II
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| event | armed conflict | 1184 | Battle of Ichi-no-Tani | battle, Taira clan, Minamoto clan | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1185 | Battle of Kawajiri | battle, Yukitsuna Minamoto, Minamoto no Yoshitsune | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1336 | Battle of Teshimagawara | battle, Nitta Yoshisada, Ashikaga Takauji | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1336 | Battle of Minatogawa | battle, Ashikaga Takauji, Kusunoki Masashige, Nitta Yoshisada | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1338 | Battle of Ishizu | battle, Kitabatake Akiie, Kō no Moronao | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1351 | Battle of Uchidehama | battle, Ashikaga Tadayoshi, Ashikaga Takauji | 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 | 1570 | Battle of Noda-Fukushima | Oda Nobunaga, battle, Miyoshi Trio | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1574 | Siege of Itami | 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 | 1578 | Siege of Miki | siege, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Bessho Nagaharu | 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 | 1581 | Siege of Iwaya Castle | Toyotomi Hideyoshi, siege, Ikeda Motosuke | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1582 | Battle of Uchidehama | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1614 | Battle of Kizugawa | battle, Hachisuka Yoshishige | 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 | 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 | |
| organisation | arms industry | 1881 | Hitachi Zosen Corporation | arms industry, heavy industry, business, public company | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1949 | ShinMaywa | arms industry, business, manufacture of machinery and equipment, enterprise | Wikidata |
| 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 |
| organisation | factory | 1896 | Kawasaki Shipyard | shipyard, shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1861 | Matsuho Battery Site | daiba, archaeological site | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1863 | Maiko Battery Site | daiba, archaeological site | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1864 | Wadamisaki Battery | coastal battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1866 | Nishinomiya Battery | coastal battery | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Iwaya Castle | hill castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Ōsaka Aoyama History & Literature Museum | history museum, literary museum, university museum, tenshu | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Bombs on Konan factory | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Kobe after the 1945 air raid2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | American bombs falling on Kobe | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Kobe after the 1945 air raid | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Funakoshisyousa | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 神戸空襲の跡 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dropped objects from B-29, 1945, Kobe 2025 a | Commons | ||




