air raids on Japan

During the Pacific War, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people. During the first years of the Pacific War these attacks were limited to the Doolittle Raid in April 1942 and small-scale raids on Japanese military positions in the Kuril Islands from mid-1943. Strategic bombing raids began in June 1944 and continued with increasing intensity until the end of the war in August 1945. Allied naval and land-based tactical air units also attacked Japan during 1945.

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1939 — 1945 Wikimedia, Wikidata
airstrike, military campaign, Empire of Japan,

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1939 — 1945 air raids on Japan

1541-01-01T00:00:00Z

1541 Siege of Uehara

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1542 Siege of Kuwabara

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1542 Battle of Sezawa

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1542 Battle of Miyagawa

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1544 Siege of Kojinyama

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1545 Siege of Ryūgasaki

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1545 Siege of Takatō

1546-01-01T00:00:00Z

1546 Siege of Uchiyama

1548-09-01T00:00:00Z

1548 Battle of Shiojiritōge

1549-01-01T00:00:00Z

1549 Siege of Fukashi

1582-01-01T00:00:00Z

1582 Siege of Takatō

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200 Civil War of Wa

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B-29 shot down by flak

B-29s dropping bombs

B-29 targets from China

Odawara after the 1945 air raid

OS2U Kingfisher in flight over Japan, circa in late August 1945

US Bombers near Mount Fuji

Naha bomb 10 oct 1944

Kushiro on Hokkaido burning after carrier raid

P-51s escort B-29

B-29s from 500th BG, 73rd BW of Twentieth Air Force dropping incendiary bombs over Japan, 1945

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1541	Siege of Uehara	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1542	Siege of Kuwabara	Takeda Shingen, siege, Suwa Yorishige	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1542	Battle of Sezawa	Suwa Yorishige, battle, Takeda Shingen	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1542	Battle of Miyagawa	battle, Takeda Shingen, Takatō Yoritsugu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1544	Siege of Kojinyama	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1545	Siege of Ryūgasaki	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1545	Siege of Takatō	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1546	Siege of Uchiyama	Takeda Shingen, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1548	Battle of Shiojiritōge	battle, Takeda Shingen, Ogasawara Nagatoki	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1549	Siege of Fukashi	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1582	Siege of Takatō	siege, Oda Nobutada, Nishina Morinobu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	air raids on Japan	airstrike, military campaign	Wikidata
event	war	200	Civil War of Wa	civil war, Yamatai	Wikidata
site	museum	1504	Matsumoto Castle	hirajiro, military museum, Japanese castle	Wikidata
site	tower		Tatsumi Tsukeyagura	yagura	Wikidata
site	tower		Tsukimi Yagura	yagura	Wikidata
site	tower	1594	Dai-tenshu	tenshu	Wikidata
site	tower	1594	Inui Kotenshu	tenshu	Wikidata
site	tower	1594	Watariyagura	yagura	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		Odawara after the 1945 air raid		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		Kushiro on Hokkaido burning after carrier raid		Commons
commons	image		P-51s escort B-29		Commons
commons	image		B-29s from 500th BG, 73rd BW of Twentieth Air Force dropping incendiary bombs over Japan, 1945		Commons

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