Attack on Kure

The attack on Kure was an air raid conducted during the Pacific War by the United States Navy on 19 March 1945. It targeted the remnants of the Japanese Combined Fleet located in and near the Japanese city of Kure. The attack by 321 aircraft was unsuccessful, as no Japanese warships were sunk though several were damaged. Japanese forces struck the American fleet on the morning of 19 March, and crippled one aircraft carrier and badly damaged another. This attack would be followed up in July by a successful series of raids on Kure and the Inland Sea that sank or disabled most of Japan's surviving large warships.

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airstrike, Empire of Japan, 

Aoba, Iwate, Izumo, JDS Hiei Q11276107, Hyūga Q1641747, Tone, 

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1945 Attack on Kure

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1523 Siege of Kagamiyama Castle

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1524 — 1541 Sieges of Satō Kanayama Castle

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1555 Battle of Miyajima

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1945 Bombing of Kure

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1945 Bombing of Kure

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1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima

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Japanese battleship Yamato under air attack off Kure on 19 March 1945 (80-G-309662)

Amagi Katsuragi Kure 1945 attack NAN7-76

U.S. Navy carrier aircraft attack the Japanese Kure Naval Base on 19 March 1945

Aircraft carriers under attack at Kure 19 March 1945

Japanese warships under attack at Kure March 1945

IJN carrier Amagi capsized off Kure in 1946

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon	1945	Little Boy	nuclear bomb, gun-type fission weapon	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1523	Siege of Kagamiyama Castle	siege, Mōri Motonari	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1524	Sieges of Satō Kanayama Castle	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1554	Battle of Oshikibata	battle, Mōri Motonari	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1555	Battle of Miyajima	battle, Sue Harukata, Mōri Motonari	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Bombing of Kure	airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Attack on Kure	airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Bombing of Kure	airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	atomic bombing of Hiroshima	United States, war crime, nuclear explosion, aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Aoba	heavy cruiser, Aoba-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Hyūga	battleship, Ise-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Ise	Ise-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Izumo	Izumo-class armoured cruiser, armored cruiser, cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		JDS Hiei	destroyer, Haruna-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		JDS Wakaba	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Ōyodo	light cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Tone	heavy cruiser, Tone-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1901	Iwate	armored cruiser, Izumo-class armoured cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1986	JDS Akishio	historic site, preserved watercraft, Yūshio-class submarine, submarine	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1948	Tsuneishi Kure Dock	shipyard, shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1949	Kegoya Dock	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Takagarasu Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker	1945	Ruins of the Chūgoku Regional Military Headquarters Air Defense Room	war ruin, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1945	underground facilities in the former Kure Naval Base	war ruin, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	military base		Kure Naval Arsenal	shipbuilding, naval arsenal	Wikidata
site	museum		Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum	peace museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1955	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum	Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, peace museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum	peace museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Yamato Museum	naval museum, history museum, science museum, local museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2007	JMSDF Kure Museum	naval museum, history museum, museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Japanese battleship Yamato under air attack off Kure on 19 March 1945 (80-G-309662)		Commons
commons	image		Amagi Katsuragi Kure 1945 attack NAN7-76		Commons
commons	image		U.S. Navy carrier aircraft attack the Japanese Kure Naval Base on 19 March 1945		Commons
commons	image		Aircraft carriers under attack at Kure 19 March 1945		Commons
commons	image		Japanese warships under attack at Kure March 1945		Commons
commons	image		IJN carrier Amagi capsized off Kure in 1946		Commons