Hsinchu air raid

Hsinchu air raid
Part of Pacific War
Date25 November 1943
Location
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan United States
Republic of China

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.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 中山雅洋 (2007). 中国的天空―沈黙の航空戦史. Vol. 上下. 大日本絵画. pp. 252–255.
  2. ↑ 防衛庁防衛研修所戦史室 (1968). 本土防空作戦. 戦史叢書. 朝雲新聞社. pp. 231–233.
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