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Bookmark or Share- Bombing of Tokyo (1945) | WWII Firebombing, Casualties & LegacyBombing of Tokyo, (March 9–10, 1945), firebombing raid (codenamed “Operation Meetinghouse”) by the United States on the capital of Japan during the final stages of World War II, often cited as one of the most destructive acts of war in history, more destructive than the bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki.
- Firebombing of Tokyo | March 9, 1945 | HISTORYOn the night of March 9, 1945, U.S. warplanes launch a new bombing offensive against Japan, dropping 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo over the course of the next 48 hours. Almost 16 square...
- WWII Firebombing of Tokyo: | TIME3 minute read. Carrier-based fighter planes Tokyo-bound over Japan during World War II, 1940s. Interim Archives/Getty Images. By Lily Rothman. March 9, 2015 7:00 AM EDT. W hen the United States...
- History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War ... - CNNThe horrors Nihei saw that night were the result of Operation Meetinghouse, the deadliest of a series of firebombing air raids on Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces, between February and...
- The Deadliest Air Raid in History - Smithsonian MagazineAn aerial armada of 334 B-29 bombers took off from newly established bases in the Mariana Islands, bound for Tokyo. In the space of a few hours, they dropped 1,667 tons of napalm-filled...
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