2023-05-17 09:58:00
Air raid footage on the day before the end of the war U.S. forces strafed Akune City in Kagoshima and a train exploded.[05/17 18:58]
A citizen’s group in Oita that collects and analyzes images of the Pacific War has released new images related to Kagoshima Prefecture taken by US military aircraft. The day before the end of the war, freight trains and ships are attacked in Akune City.
The video was released by a citizen group in Oita Prefecture, “Toyokuni Usa City Juku,” which obtained footage of the Pacific War from the National Archives of the United States and is working to identify the shooting location and date.
A newly released film related to Kagoshima Prefecture is the air raid on Akune City, which is believed to have been filmed on August 14, 1945.
This video shows a freight train being attacked in Nishime, Akune City. The vehicle is hit by bullets, explodes and is on fire. It is believed to be near the railroad crossing of the current Hisatsu Orange Railway.
This is Ushinohama Station in Okawa, Akune City. A locomotive parked at the station is under attack and steam is rising. Trains and stations were also targeted by American forces in an attempt to block the transportation of goods.
On the other hand, this is Akune Port. Machine gun fire is being fired at the moored small boats, and the water column is rising from the sea surface.
There is no record of the air raid on Akune City, which was made public this time, either by the US military report or by the Japanese side, but judging from the unit’s sortie records and the weather, it is believed to have taken place on August 14, 1945, the day before the end of the war. increase.
(Yusuke Oda, Toyonokuni Usa City Juku) “It has been 78 years since the end of the war, but the number of generations who know about war is steadily decreasing. I want you to think that our hometown has become a battlefield.”
Toyonokuni Usa City Juku plans to continue discovering and releasing videos in the future.
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