Today in History 03/09/18

Aerial photo taken March 9, 1945 showing the destruction caused by Operation Meetinghouse on the industrial section of Tokyo along the Sumida River (© AP)(1945) Operation Meetinghouse firebombs Tokyo
US warplanes in World War II begin dropping over 1,600 tons of bombs on Japan’s largest city. The most destructive single firestorm in history begins, and will kill up to 130,000 and leave 1 million homeless.
The Bombing of Tokyo often refers to a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. On the night of 9–10 March 1945, Operation Meetinghouse was conducted and is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history. 16 square miles of central Tokyo were annihilated, over 1 million were made homeless with an estimated 100,000 civilian deaths. The Japanese later called this event Night of the Black Snow.
Start date: 1942
End date: 1945

Firebombing of Tokyo
“Tokyo burns under B-29 firebomb assault.” May 26, 1945.
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