One night destroyed Tokyo
On the night of 9–10 March 1945, Tokyo suffered the most destructive air raid of World War II. Not an atomic bomb. A firestorm.WWII Japan Air Raids: The Tokyo Firebombing
The city was built to burn
Many Tokyo neighborhoods were crowded and filled with wood-and-paper buildings. When 279 B-29s dropped 1,665 tons of bombs, the fires merged into a massive conflagration that overwhelmed the city's defenses.WWII Japan Air Raids: The Tokyo Firebombing
