Japan / USA: U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avengers and Curtiss SB2C Helldivers from the aircraft carrier USS Essex dropping bombs on Hakodate, Japan, in July 1945

Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture.

Hakodate escaped most of the ravages of World War II. The city was subjected to two Allied bombing raids on 14 and 15 July 1945. Around 400 homes were destroyed on the western side of Hakodate-yama and an Aomori-Hakodate ferry was attacked with 400 passengers killed.

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