air raids on Japan

When

15 Aug 1939 – 15 Aug 1945

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

36.00° N, 138.00° E

Description

aerial bombings of Japan during the Pacific War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Aerial bombing of Japan during World War II

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.

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