Firebombing Tokyo facts
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Some American pilots had to wear oxygen masks during the firebombing of Tokyo due to the smell of burning human flesh.
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Japan apologized to its' own citizens for the Firebombing of Tokyo (done by the United States). The PM stated that loss was inevitable and that they were there cause of over 100,000 deaths from the bombing.
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The single deadliest air raid in history, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is the Tokyo firebombing on the 9th of March, 1945 which killed more than 100,000 people.
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Tokyo Firebombings (80,000 -130,000 dead) killed as many people as either Nuclear attack, Nagasaki(50,000 -80,000 dead) and Hiroshima (90,000 -120,000 dead).
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Operation Meetinghouse firebombing of Tokyo was the single deadliest air raid of World War II, greater than Dresden, Hamburg, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki as single events. Resulting in over 100,000 deaths.
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Operation Meetinghouse or the firebombing of Tokyo March 9 1945 was the single deadliest air raid of World War II,greater than Dresden, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki as single events.
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The B-29 "Firebombing Raid" on Tokyo killed more people than the Hiroshima or Nagasaki atomic bombing.
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In 2007, victims of the WWII Tokyo firebombing filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government for causing the raid by failing to end the war earlier and neglecting its duty to protect civilians while providing support to its combatants and their families. It was dismissed in 2013.
