Approximately 300 B-52 bombers dropped thousands of tons of incendiaries over the eastern districts of Tokyo, causing firestorms that overwhelmed firefighting efforts and killed around 100,000 people, with many more injured.
9th March 1945: USAF begin Operation Meetinghouse, the firebombing of Tokyo in the most destructive bombing raid in history
- 9th March 2026
- Tagged as: Air Raid, America, Firebombing, Firestorm, Japan, LeMay, Operation Meetinghouse, Second World War, Tokyo, United States, USA, USAF, World War 2, World War II
