The bombing of Yawata on the night of 15–16 June 1944 marked the beginning of the United States Army Air Forces strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese home islands during the Pacific War and
Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers shortly before participating in the 15–16 June 1944 raid on Yawata
Yahata Steel Works
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The Yahata Steel Works is a steel mill in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Imperial Steel Works was established in 1896 to meet increasing demand from the nation's burgeoning shipbuilding, railw
Higashida First Blast Furnace, operational in 1901 with a nominal daily output of 160 tons; now a Municipal Cultural Property