JAPAN FIREBOMBING TOKYO - from our story 'Tokyo, Japan 1917-1950: Rare Images Of Love, Loathing And Life'

This aerial photo taken in March 9, 1945 shows the industrial section of Tokyo along the Sumida River. With the exception of the concrete buildings a great part of the area has been razed by incendiary and other strikes by U.S.warplanes in March, 1945. The Tokyo firebombing has long been overshadowed by the subsequent U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki preceding the Japanese surrender that ended World War II. But the burning of the capital stands as a horrifying landmark in the brutal history of warfare on noncombatants. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.6029484

This aerial photo taken in March 9, 1945 shows the industrial section of Tokyo along the Sumida River. With the exception of the concrete buildings a great part of the area has been razed by incendiary and other strikes by U.S.warplanes in March, 1945. The Tokyo firebombing has long been overshadowed by the subsequent U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki preceding the Japanese surrender that ended World War II. But the burning of the capital stands as a horrifying landmark in the brutal history of warfare on noncombatants. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.6029484

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