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On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_9• 1945 – World War II: Allied forces carry out firebombing over Tokyo, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians.
Bombing of Tokyo
Tokyo burns under B-29 firebomb assault, 26 May 1945
Casualties and losses:
43 aircraft destroyed 80,000 to 130,000 civilians killed (most common estimates)
Over one million homeless
267,171 buildings destroyed
The Bombing of Tokyo (東京大空襲, Tōkyōdaikūshū) was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Force during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history 16 square miles (41 km2; 10,000 acres) of central Tokyo were destroyed, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead and over one million homeless. In comparison, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945 resulted in the immediate death of between 70,000 and 150,000 people.
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Tokyo burns under B-29 firebomb assault, 26 May 1945
Casualties and losses:
43 aircraft destroyed 80,000 to 130,000 civilians killed (most common estimates)
Over one million homeless
267,171 buildings destroyed
The Bombing of Tokyo (東京大空襲, Tōkyōdaikūshū) was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Force during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history 16 square miles (41 km2; 10,000 acres) of central Tokyo were destroyed, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead and over one million homeless. In comparison, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945 resulted in the immediate death of between 70,000 and 150,000 people.
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Thu Mar 9, 2023: On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo.