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tanks. In 1941, the Magong Yao Port Department was upgraded to the Magong Garrison Office. In 1943, the command center of the Garrison Office was moved to Kaohsiung Zuoying. In addition to auxiliary support facilities such as radio stations, port warehouses, and oil tanks, the hinterland of the base also became the main strategic target for the Allied fighters to attack Penghu.
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Since 1943 the situation in the Pacific War has become increasingly dire for the Japanese. In view of the barren land and large population in Penghu, it became difficult for the Japanese to supply grain by sea, leading to a real risk of food shortage. Residents were evacuated to Formosa and special
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From 1944 to 1945 the total military and civilian population of the Penghu Office was about 79,000. Because Penghu had many military sites deemed important, it became a major target of bombing by the Allied Forces. Among them, the Fifth Air Force dropped a total of 1,127 tons of bombs on Penghu in
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sent various carrier-based aircraft to bomb Formosa and Penghu. The first air raid in Penghu happened during this period, and as early as 8 October, four days before the first air strike, Magong Street had made preparations in advance to evacuate some school children and Japanese family members to
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After the Magong air raid on 14 March 1945, the offices in various parts of Penghu were dispersed. Except for a few civil servants who stayed behind in Magong, most of the residents of Magong street went to the suburbs. At that time, Magong Street was in ruins with few people. It was not until the
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as the site for the construction of a major naval headquarters, and forced the residents to relocate to other places. In 1901, the Magong Port Department was formally established. In 1929, Japan once again expropriated the land around Mount Daian on the opposite bank for the construction of fuel
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In 1901, in view of the strategic position of Penghu Island in the Taiwan Strait, the Japanese government announced on 2 July that Penghu was to be a "fortress". The "Penghu Fortress Command" was established thereafter.
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took over the air strikes on Formosa and Penghu, in cooperation with the armed reconnaissance and patrol missions carried out by land-based patrol aircraft of the U.S. Navy. In August 1945, it was replaced by the
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The air raids resulted in the mass destruction of infrastructure and military hardware on the islands, most notably at
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bombers from 12 October 1944, to 14 August 1945. It began in relation to the
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of the Fast Carrier Task Force; aircraft involved in the battle, including
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The mission to attack Penghu on 12 October 1944, was carried out by the
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end of World War II that it gradually restored its original appearance.
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12 October 1944 - 14 August 1945 (10 months and 2 days)
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American Planes Attack: World War II Taiwan Air Raid Photo Album
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due to the presence of major Japanese naval bases in the city.
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At the beginning of January 1945, in preparation for the
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were a series of air raids over the Japanese controlled
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Index

Pacific Theater
World War II

Hōko Prefecture
Penghu
Japanese Taiwan
Empire of Japan
23°29′40″N 119°31′05″E / 23.4945°N 119.518°E / 23.4945; 119.518
United States
Japan
George Kenney
Marc Mitscher
Fast Carrier Task Force
Fifth Air Force
Thirteenth Air Force
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Essex (CV-9)
Penghu Islands
Hōko Prefecture
Allied
Formosa Air Battle
Magong
Marco Polo Bridge incident
Second Sino-Japanese War
war economy
Mainland China
Shantou
Budai
Tainan Prefecture
Takao Prefecture

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