tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post3958818927466521119..comments2024-03-24T01:57:23.238+08:00Comments on 漁人碼頭的戰爭 - The Battle of Fisherman's Wharf: Tainan Airfield(s) 1944-45 Part 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post-268715175189150692013-09-03T04:02:15.738+08:002013-09-03T04:02:15.738+08:00Hi Patrick,
Good to see you back in action.
To ...Hi Patrick,<br /><br />Good to see you back in action. <br /><br />To be honest, I have not linked McArthur's humiliating defeat in the Philippines to this revenge bombing of Tainan Airfield. For a simple reason: I could not figured out where Einansho Airdrome, the main target, was. Turns out it was one of the three Tainan Airfields. <br /><br />It has also taken me a while to dig up a clear enough picture of the Kamikaze pilots. They were high school graduates from Kyushu, where most Japanese immigrants came from. By 1944-45, all high school graduates including Taiwanese must serve in the military. A lot of the American servicemen were not that much older, either.EyeDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406602265159523372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post-19476714991702860572013-09-03T02:43:27.986+08:002013-09-03T02:43:27.986+08:00A December 9, 1941 strike on Formosa, that is...A December 9, 1941 strike on Formosa, that is...Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post-80975529075474142022013-09-03T02:42:15.227+08:002013-09-03T02:42:15.227+08:00Sad picture of the young pilots laughing it up bef...Sad picture of the young pilots laughing it up before being sent to inevitable death. <br /><br />The US war planners probably had the Tainan air fields as a highest priority based on the fact that the Japanese invasion of the Philippines (December 8, 1941) was launched from this place. A large portion of the fleet of American planes that might have protected the Philippines, given cover to the soldiers in a defense, was almost instantly (within two days) wiped out at the Clark, Nichols and Del Carmen air fields by planes launched from Tainan.<br /><br />McArthur had originally said a strike to "get them" would be launched on December 9, 1941. This didn't happen / was not possible after the attacks. You have got to know he didn't forget Tainan in this context. Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.com