Military operation

Taihoku Air Strike

23 Feb 1938 · 25.05° N, 121.52° E

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When
23 Feb 1938
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
25.05° N, 121.52° E
Description
1938 airstrike

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Taihoku Airstrike

The Taihoku Airstrike was an air raid by the military of the Republic of China against the metropolitan perimeter of Taihoku, the capital of Japanese Taiwan, on 8 February 1938. The raid was the first attack on Imperial Japanese territory during the course of World War II, and one of the few offensive operations conducted by China directly against Japan during the course of the war.

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