Codenamed Operation Meetinghouse, which occurred on March 9-10, 1945, during World War II.
Here's a breakdown of the information: The raid, carried out by 279 B-29s dropping 1,500 tons of bombs, destroyed 16 square miles of the city and is considered the single most destructive bombing raid in human history. Estimates of fatalities range from 80,000 to over 100,000, and over a million people were left homeless.
The number of people who died in the firebombing of Tokyo exceeded the combined death tolls of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima's immediate death toll was estimated at 70,000–80,000, while Nagasaki's was about 35,000.
Operation Meetinghouse, while less commonly known than the atomic bombings, represents a devastating event in WWII and highlights the destructive power of conventional firebombing campaigns.
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Yeah, well, 12/7/1941, FAFO!
ReplyDeleteAnd afterwords, they STILL refused to capitulate. Even after Little Boy and Fat Man, the war criminals who ran the Army still were determined to fight on, sacrificing every one of their fellow citizens. Read THE FALL OF JAPAN by William Craig. The truth is out there.
DeleteAs horrifically devastating as those bombing campaigns were, they still can't compare to what people like Stalin and Mao did to their own people.
ReplyDeleteMy Japanese father in law showed me a picture of Tokyo in what looked like the aftermath of that raid. He told me it was taken after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, which killed about as many people.
ReplyDeleteDon't start nuthin'....Won't be nuthin'!
ReplyDeleteThe bombing of Dresden Germany killed more people than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, but for years the allies have lied about the numbers since the bombing. The Germans in some instances claim over a half a million. The allies say the Germans lie and vis-versa. Dresden was payback for the blitz carried out earlier in the war when German aircraft terrorized England (lookup Bomber Harris). Dresden had zero military or strategic value. It was an anicient city loaded with art and culture. The city's population at the time of the bombing was predominatly women, children, and the elderly. Who knows for sure? I had a friend whose daddy was on the Dresden 3-day raid of firebombs/incendaries. His dad flew 30 missions as bomber pilot and he said Dresden is the only mission that bothered him because he knew it was simply "payback" and an intentional slaughter of civilians at the end of the war. I know the size, population, etc, before the bombing andd what it looked like after the allies rained down pure hell that caused such a firestorm in the cities center that the updraft from the massive fires caused a "firenado" with winds so powerful, people were acutally sucked into the flames/fire. Of course, the allies had "justification" and surely the means and revenge for the British was "proof enough" to let loose this firestorm of destruction. I attached a wiki link not because I believe the the number at 25k as killed (one of the counter-estimates), but for the German civilian accounts. Years ago, I saw some films inside the inferno that actually showed people pulled into the fire-vortex as the flames raged. Such is war.
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My dad was in the Occupation forces in Tokyo just after the surrender was signed, working in the signal corps. He said he was stationed in a brick building that was one of the few remaining structures, other than the Imperial palace (which was intentionally avoided being bombed). But that for large swaths of the city, nothing remained.
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