1940 ⟶ Japanese Bombing of Chongqing
The Japanese heavily bomb the Chinese Nationalist capital of...
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1939
1940
1941
1942
🇯🇵 Japanese Army Crosses Dongting Lake
The Japanese army successfully crosses the Dongting Lake, thus cutting by more than half the distance from the army's target, the Chinese city of Changsha.⟶
JapanChinaDongting LakeChangshaMilitary CampaignAsiaSino-Japanese WarWorld War IIMilitary StrategyInvasion
💥 Japanese Bombing of Chongqing
The Japanese heavily bomb the Chinese Nationalist capital of Chongqing, on the upper Yangtze.⟶
JapanChinaChongqingBombingAir RaidsSino-Japanese WarWorld War IINationalist ChinaAir Warfare
💣 Chungking Suffers Heavy Bombing
Chungking, the nominal capital of Nationalist China located far up the Yangtze River, suffers several days of heavy bombing.⟶
ChinaBombingAir RaidsJapanese OffensiveNationalist ChinaWar in ChinaAerial WarfareStrategic Bombing
🔥 Japanese Incendiary Bombing of Oregon
A Japanese plane drops more incendiaries on Oregon, but with little effect.⟶
JapanUSBombingPacific TheaterHome FrontIncendiaryOregon
💣 Japanese Bombing of Calcutta Begins
Japanese air force planes begin bombing of Calcutta.⟶
JapanBombingCalcuttaIndiaAir RaidsWarAsiaOffensive