Source：NARA via Academia Sinica 中央研究院臺灣文史資源海外徵集與國際合作計畫「美國國家檔案館典藏臺灣舊航空照片」 (G03489) The above photo captured three important facilities of Jitsugetsu hydro-electric power project: Power Plant No. 2 (burning, lower-left corner), Gun Cabinet Dam (top), and Erping Housing…
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Striking Jitsugetsu! 日月潭大轟炸! Part 4
Source：NARA via Academia Sinica 中央研究院臺灣文史資源海外徵集與國際合作計畫「美國國家檔案館典藏臺灣舊航空照片」 (G03489) The above photo of Jitsugetsu Power Plant No. 2 (Target 83) was taken on March 23, 1945, by American aircraft only moments before it dropped bombs…
Striking Jitsugetsu! 日月潭大轟炸! Part 3
Source: AFHRA via Academia Sinica 中央研究院臺灣文史資源海外徵集與國際合作計畫「美國空軍歷史研究部徵集成果」 (Formosa Interim Report) Completed in 1934, Jitsugetsu Tan Power Plant No. 1 was previously name Monpaitan. It had the maximum power output of 140,000 horsepower, which…
Striking Jitsugetsu! 日月潭大轟炸! Part 2
Source: AFHRA via Academia Sinica 中央研究院臺灣文史資源海外徵集與國際合作計畫「美國空軍歷史研究部徵集成果」 (Formosa Interim Report) The following photo, looking south at Jitsugetsu Tan (Sun Moon Lake), was taken on March 23, 1945, the day of massive bombing by…
Striking Jitsugetsu! 日月潭大轟炸! Part 1
The West Australian, Tuesday, March 27, 1945, page 6. Source：Trove In Formosa Interim Report, prepared by the Air Staff, Intelligence, in February 1944, the U.S. military had identified the following three hydro-electric…