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Bombing of Kobe in World War II
1945 U.S. aerial bombings in Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The bombing of Kobe (Kōbe dai-kūshū) on March 16 and 17, 1945, was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United States against military and civilian targets and population centers during the Japan home islands campaign in the closing stages of the Pacific War. The city would be bombed again in later months.
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