Raid on Taipei

Taihoku Air Raid
Part of World War II, Pacific theater

An aerial photograph by U.S. Air Force
DateMay 31, 1945
Location
Taihoku, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Taipei, Taiwan)
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 Japan United States
Strength
Virtually nonexistent 117 B-24
Casualties and losses
Unknown None
3,000+ civilians killed and tens of thousands wounded or displaced

The Taihoku Air Raid also known as Operation Wildfire by British India was the largest Allied air raid on the city of Taihoku (modern-day Taipei), then capital of Japanese-ruled Taiwan, during World War II. Many residents were killed in the raid and tens of thousands wounded or displaced.

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