Japanese Bomb Cavite Navy Yard
Japanese Bomb Cavite Navy Yard |
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| On 10 December, at noon, 54 Japanese 'Betty' bombers began bombing Cavite navy yard. The bombing lasted for 45 minutes. At the end of the assault, 1,600 Navy personnel, along with civilian staff, were killed or wounded. By 3 o'clock the fires and explosions of ammunition turned the Yard into a 'Dante's Inferno'. Admiral Rockwell ordered all hands to immediately abandon the yard. The loss of Cavite navy yard placed the Asiatic Fleet in 'harms way', without the possibility of re-supply. |