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Anniversary of the Tokyo Firebombing
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Anniversary of the Tokyo Firebombing

Anniversary of the Allied firebombing of Tokyo, Japan, on March 9–10, 1945.
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On the night of March 9–10, 1945, Allied bombers carried out an incendiary attack on Tokyo, Japan, setting off a firestorm. About one-fourth of the city was destroyed, and some 100,000 people died. The attack came just weeks after a similar air raid on Dresden, Germany.

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