mentions the blow that Japan suffered during the World War II period. Many people probably only think of the two atomic bombs in Hiroshima Nagasaki. So, have you ever wondered why doesn't throw the atomic bomb into Tokyo, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The reason for is very simple, because Tokyo has been bombed.
The United States sent Curtis Limei to carry out a large bombing of Tokyo. The fire burned out the city of Tokyo, and nearly 100,000 people died in the raging flames. Even the steel bars and cars turned into iron and flowed all over the streets. It is known in history that Limei barbecue... Oh no, Tokyo bombing .
Today I will talk about the things about Tokyo bombing .
The United States suffered a loss
December 7, 1941, the Japanese, who were leading militarism, thought they were invincible in the world, and sent hundreds of planes to the Pearl Harbor Naval Base to carry out a 90-minute bombing . Since Japan did not declare war, the US military was unprepared. When the soldiers were awakened in their sleep, there was already a sea of fire outside.
This big bombing, sank two destroyers , battleship and 188 aircraft, with the death toll as high as ,400 , which can be said to have suffered heavy losses. It was the next day that Japan officially declared war on the United States. The sneak attacks that were undeclared aroused the anger of the Americans. The US government felt embarrassed and vowed to teach the arrogant Japan a lesson.
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Of course, the US military will not admit defeat. They temporarily withdraw and are determined to study bombers with greater power and better performance, and teach Japan a lesson.
The following year, President Roosevelt delivered the famous "national humiliation" speech , officially declaring war on Japan. The government invested $3 billion in , allowing Boeing to develop the new fighter . You should know that Manhattan plan has only invested . This shows the United States' determination to deal with Japan.
Soon after, the new fighter B-29 was successfully developed, with a bomb load of up to 9,000 kilograms and a flight altitude of more than 10,000 meters. was one of the most advanced weapons at that time . With the new aircraft, the US military was full of confidence. On November 24, 1944, the new bomber B-29 was officially put into the battlefield and as the main force, it flew over Tokyo City.
But as soon as arrived in Tokyo, the US military was stunned . The vast residential areas are filled with workshops of all sizes, which are not as concentrated as the German military industry in the European battlefield. For a moment, people cannot find a place to start.
, it's too small, it won't hurt the Japanese military industry at all. If you don't blow it up, you'll come. Finally, the 88 bombers sent by the US military hit less than 10% of the target , and they suffered a huge loss.
US military realized that this would not work. It was not only a problem that the factory location could not be found, but the windy weather in Japan, which greatly affected the accuracy of the bombing. If continues to blow up like this, I don’t know how much bomb will cost, and the loss is too great.
In order to attack Japan, the United States sent a famous bombing expert, known as the "Cold War Eagle", Curtis Limei served as the commander of the 21st Bomber Force . Curtis Limei has rich experience in bombing and has commanded the famous Ruhr area bombing. This time I came to deal with Japan and took a confident attack. As a result, the first operation was hammered by the Japanese army and lost several bombers.
Learn from one mistake and learn from it. Li Mei learned from her mistakes and began to study the structure of Tokyo. He found that almost all Japanese buildings are made of wooden structures, so a cruel plan came to his mind.
What plan did Li Mei use?
Burning Tokyo City at 10 a.m. on March 10, 1945, at the command of Li Mei, the bomber removed the heavy bomb and replaced it with incendiary bombs. At night, 300 planes of attacked , Tokyo, Japan at night.
Two teams of B-29 bombers took the lead, first entering the target area, throwing incendiary bombs to form a cross combustion area, and then 334 B-29 bombers flew to the target, carrying thousand-ton incendiary bomb to bomb Tokyo. The bombing lasted for two hours, with a very wide coverage area, and the flames spread, and soon, , the entire Tokyo became a sea of fire .
The Japanese ground troops did not expect this result at all. They were caught off guard and could only fire artillery in the air based on intuition, unable to stop the US military's actions.
The fire burned all over Tokyo, and the crying and shouting were endless. The most terrifying thing is that you don’t even know where to run. Every place is full of dangers and corpses. Even the river water has evaporated , which is full of rushing down, but it is still burned to death, dark corpses.
The fire burned all night, and the blazing flames blackened the bombers flying at high altitude. According to records, , the temperature reached 2,000 degrees at the highest, and even the steel bars and cars turned into iron, flowing everywhere . As for weapons such as guns and cannons, there was no left at all, and they were all burned cleanly.
That night, one quarter of the entire Tokyo area was razed to the ground , countless places of interest were damaged, 264,000 buildings were all turned into ashes, 83,793 people died, nearly 100,000 were burned by , and millions were homeless. Although the United States did not drop an atomic bomb on Tokyo, the power of this bombing is no less than that of an atomic bomb.
Tokyo City is full of sad atmosphere, and in contrast, the US military has begun to celebrate. Compared with Japan's losses, in this night raid in , the US military was shot down only 9 aircraft and 42 were injured, but all successfully returned to the base .
Pearl Harbor 's shame has to be returned. Li Mei was very excited. He killed someone and wanted to send a plane to send flyers to the Japanese, claiming that he would come back next time. The Japanese were so scared that they fled Tokyo quickly. Millions of people ran back to the countryside. The factory was almost shut down, and the whole of Japan was paralyzed.
On May 9, 1945, more than 1,300 html came over Tokyo again. This time, it bombed for two and a half hours. Unlike the purpose of destroying the military industry last time, the bombing placed all the targets in residential areas. With the throwing of incendiary bombs, people fled in all directions. Many people ran into the newly built Meiji-Za Theater, begging the building to block the invasion of flames.
But as the oxygen gradually exhausted, people could only suffocate to death in despair, and the bodies piled up one by one, and they were actually piled up 2 meters high. After the burning ended, the burning smell of the body still floated in the air and remained disgusting for a long time. Millions of wounded people were waiting for the doctor's help, but there were only 9 doctors in Tokyo who were left with .
On May 26, 1945, 500 B-29s carried out the last bombing of Tokyo, and the target was still a residential area. The bombing completely burned Tokyo, and there was no building left in .
Li Mei called this action "fire bull", but I would rather call him "Li Mei BBQ". But don’t say that I don’t respect life anymore, because after the war, the Japanese government actually awarded Li Mei a high-level “First-Class Sun Rising Ribbon” , which shows that the Japanese like barbecue very much.
But speaking of this, the Japanese might really have to thank Li Mei. There is a saying that Li Mei's bombing operation, including two atomic bombs dropped by the United States later, actually saved Japan. If it weren't for the impact of these bombings, Japan really fought a protracted war with the United States, and tens of millions of Japanese people would probably die. After all, there is still a gap in the military strength of the two sides.After the bombing incident, the Japanese soldiers saw that there was no hope of victory. This group of talents who were brainwashed by militarism finally faced the reality and advocated surrender.
In recent years, the Japanese have very much liked to emphasize how much harm they suffered in World War II, but they keep silent about the harm they have caused to our country. When it comes to war, it means that both sides are wrong. How pitiful the civilians are. Here I would like to say, don’t be brainwashed by Japan’s so-called “anti-war ideas”. , we are against war, and we are against invading . What’s wrong with the martyrs who started the war of defense?
China is a peaceful and friendly country. It has cooperated with Japan in recent years. Many friends also love to watch Japanese movies, but under these peace, we cannot forget the painful memories we had at the beginning.
