Raid on Hsinchu

When

25 Nov 1943

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

24.80° N, 120.97° E

Description

1943 airstrike

Placed at the town its title names, Hsinchu.

1943 airstrike on a base in Hsinchu, Taiwan

The Hsinchu air raid (新竹空襲) was an aerial attack carried out on November 25, 1943, during the Pacific War, by a joint force of the United States Army Air Forces and the National Revolutionary Army against a Japanese military base in Hsinchu, Taiwan, which was then under Japanese rule. The surprise attack by the Allied forces was successful, and the Japanese military lost a large number of aircraft.

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