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March 10, 2015 – “Japan marks 70th anniversary of Tokyo firebombing, Abe pledges peace ahead of key war statement” (Shanghai Daily)

  • March 13, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Japan on Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo during World War II in which a frenzied night raid saw 100,000 lives lost… Prime Minister Shinzo Abe… pledged in the ceremony to ‘contribute as much as possible…

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March 9, 2015 – “Deadly wartime firebombings of Tokyo and other Japanese cities largely ignored” (Asahi)

  • March 13, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“On March 10, 1945, U.S. B-29 bombers flew over Tokyo in the dead of night, dumping massive payloads of cluster bombs equipped with a then-recent invention: napalm. A fifth of Tokyo was left a smoldering expanse of charred bodies and…

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