Tokyo air raids

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The Tokyo air raids were a series of devastating World War II bombing attacks by Allied forces that caused massive destruction and civilian casualties in Japan’s capital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II air campaign ⓘ
strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
aim to break Japanese civilian morale ⓘ
to destroy Japanese war production capacity in Tokyo ⓘ
aircraftUsed B-25 Mitchell ⓘ
B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bombing of Tokyo ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo air raids
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United States ⓘ
bombTonnage approximately 1,665 tons of bombs dropped in the 9–10 March 1945 raid ⓘ
civilianDeathsEstimate 80000–100000 in the 9–10 March 1945 raid ⓘ
commander Curtis LeMay ⓘ
conductedBy United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence debate over morality of area bombing ⓘ
extensive civilian suffering in Tokyo ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
date 1945-03-09/10 ⓘ
description Operation Meetinghouse was the single most destructive air raid of the Tokyo air raids ⓘ
effectOnInfrastructure destruction of large parts of Tokyo’s wooden housing ⓘ
effectOnPopulation large-scale internal displacement of Tokyo residents ⓘ
endDate 1945-08-15 ⓘ
hasCause Allied strategic bombing policy against Japan ⓘ
homelessEstimate over 1,000,000 people made homeless by the 9–10 March 1945 raid ⓘ
location Tokyo ⓘ
materialUsed M69 incendiary bomb ⓘ
napalm-based incendiary bombs ⓘ
memorial Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage ⓘ
Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall ⓘ
notableDate 1945-05-25/26 ⓘ
notableEvent Bombing of Tokyo on 9–10 March 1945 ⓘ
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Doolittle Raid ⓘ
Operation Meetinghouse ⓘ
opposedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Doolittle Raid ⓘ
primaryTarget densely populated residential districts ⓘ
industrial areas of Tokyo ⓘ
relatedTo Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
Bombing of Dresden in World War II ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Dresden
result large civilian casualties ⓘ
massive urban destruction in Tokyo ⓘ
severe damage to Japanese war industry in Tokyo ⓘ
startDate 1942-04-18 ⓘ
strategyChange shift from high-altitude precision bombing to low-altitude night firebombing ⓘ
tactic area bombing ⓘ
firebombing ⓘ

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Allied strategic bombers → notableCampaign → Tokyo air raids ⓘ
World War II bombing → hasNotableEvent → bombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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World War II bombing → hasNotableEvent → firebombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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20th Air Force → engagement → Bombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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XXI Bomber Command → notableOperation → firebombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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Tokyo air raids → notableEvent → Bombing of Tokyo on 9–10 March 1945 ⓘ
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Tokyo air raids → alsoKnownAs → Bombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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Ted W. Lawson → notableEvent → Tokyo air raid of 18 April 1942 ⓘ
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World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Allied bombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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United States Army Air Forces in World War II → notableOperation → Tokyo firebombing raids ⓘ
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Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine → survivedEvent → World War II air raids on Tokyo ⓘ
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Daitokuin → sufferedEvent → Tokyo air raids ⓘ
Bombing of Kobe → similarTo → Bombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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Sanja-sama → survivedEvent → World War II bombings of Tokyo ⓘ
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Gokokuji Temple → survived → World War II bombings in Tokyo ⓘ
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Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage → focusesOnEvent → firebombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage → focusesOnEvent → March 9–10, 1945 Tokyo air raid ⓘ
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Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall → relatedEvent → firebombing of Tokyo ⓘ
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