The Firebombing of Tokyo: Views from the Ground

More than sixty-five years after the Great Tokyo Air Raid of March 10, 1945, and the subsequent firebombing and destruction of Japan's cities by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, the issues remain little known and less studied. In stark contrast to the atomic bombing of Hiroshi...

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Published in:	Asia-Pacific Journal
Main Authors:	Cary Karacas, Bret Fisk
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2011-01-01
Subjects:	Japan Tokyo Tokyo air raid aerial bombing personal accounts digital archive
Online Access:	http://www.japanfocus.org/articles/view/3469

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