The attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea were a series of large-scale air raids by United States and British naval aircraft in late July 1945 that sank most of the surviving large warships of the Imperi
Japanese battleship Haruna under attack on 28 July
Tone under intense aerial attack by aircraft of USS Shangri-La, 24 July
Grounded hulk of Kaiyō being scrapped in Beppu Bay, 1946–1947
Amagi capsized in Kure harbor, 1946
Kure, Hiroshima
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Kure is a city in the Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2023, the city had an estimated population of 208,024 in 106,616 households and a population density of 590 persons per km2. The total
Attacks on Kure and the Seto Inland Sea
…The attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea were a series of large-scale air raids by United States and British naval aircraft in late July 1945 that sank most of the surviving…
JMSDF Kure District HQJMSDF Kure MuseumYamato MuseumJMU Kure shipyardIrifuneyama MuseumOndō Bridge & Ondo-no-seto
Kure City Hall
Port of Kure seen from Yasumi-yama
JMU Kure shipyard in July 2015