Raid on Taipei
| Taihoku Air Raid | |||||||
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| Part of World War II, Pacific theater | |||||||
An aerial photograph by U.S. Air Force | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Japan |
United States India | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Virtually nonexistent | 117 B-24 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Civilians killed: 3,000+ Wounded/Displaced: tens of thousands | None | ||||||
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.