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BOMBING JAPAN TOKYO The bombing of Tokyo (Operation Meetinghouse) during the night of March 9-10, 1945, was the single d
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BOMBING JAPAN TOKYO The bombing of Tokyo Operation Meetinghouse during the night of March 9-10, 1945, was the single deadliest air raid in history with a greater area of fire damage and loss of life than the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima or Nagasaki as single events.1945. The key development for the bombing of Japan was the B-29 Superfortress strategic bomber, which had an operational range of 3,250 nautical miles 3,740 mi 6,020 km and was capable of attacking at high altitude above 30,000 feet 9,100 m where enemy defenses were very weak. Emperor Hirohito s tour of the destroyed areas of Tokyo in March 1945 was the beginning of his personal involvement in the peace process, culminating in Japan s surrender six months later. Japan.
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imago images/Reinhard Schultz
Date
01 janv. 1945
Crédit
Photo12/Imago
Notre référence
MGO25A03_062
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
12,3Mo (661,5Ko) / 20,0cm x 15,4cm / 2363 x 1817 (300dpi)