On the night of 9/10 March 1945, the United States Army Air Forces conducted a devastating firebombing raid on Tokyo, the Japanese capital city. This attack was code-named Operation Meetinghouse by th
A road passing through a part of Tokyo which was destroyed in the 10 March 1945 air raid
A B-29 dropping conventional bombs over Japan. The bombs are being scattered by the wind, a common occurrence which made precision bombing difficult.
Two M69 incendiary cluster bombs on display at the Niigata Prefectural Museum of History
A USAAF reconnaissance photograph of Tokyo taken on 10 March 1945. Part of the area destroyed by the raid is visible at the bottom of the image.
Bombing of Tokyo
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Tokyo was bombed by the United States Army Air Forces in a series of air raids on Japan, primarily launched during the closing campaigns of the Pacific Theatre of World War II in 1944–1945, prior to t
Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)
…aircraft using incendiary and high explosive bombs. These raids destroyed most of the city. The American Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942 was the first air attack on Tokyo, but inflicted little damage on the city. In June 1944, the USAAF's XX Bomber Command began a campaign against Japan using B-29 Superfortress bombers…
Tokyo burns under B-29 firebomb assault on May 26, 1945
Aerial view of Tokyo following the war
Leaflet dropped over Tokyo, warning civilians to leave the city
A birds-eye view over the Ningyōchō district of Nihonbashi following Operation Meetinghouse