Bombing of Calcutta

Bombing of Calcutta
Part of the Operation U-Go during the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II
Date20 December 1942 – mid-1944
Location
Calcutta
Result

Inconclusive

  • Japanese raids cause heavy casualties
  • Heavy losses for Japanese Air Force
Belligerents

British Empire

United States		 Empire of Japan
Units involved
Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Force		 Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Casualties and losses
Several Hundreds killed
Several ships sunk
Harbour significantly damaged		 Several Mitsubishi Ki-21 and Mitsubishi Ki-46 destroyed
One Aircraft carrier destroyed

The Bombing of Calcutta were a series of aerial raids carried out by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force on Calcutta, the former capital of British India, during the Second World War. The bombing caused significant damages to infrastructure and killed hundreds, but failed to achieve their primary goal of disrupting Allied supply lines.

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