Raid on Taipei

Taihoku Air Raid
Part of World War II, Pacific theater
An aerial photograph by U.S. Air Force
Date May 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
Civilians killed: 3,000+ Wounded/Displaced: tens of thousands	none

The Taihoku Air Raid^[1] was the largest Allied air raid on the city of Taihoku (modern-day Taipei), then under Japanese colonial rule, during World War II. Many residents were killed in the raid and tens of thousands wounded or displaced.