The Bombing of Chongqing (February 18, 1938 - August 23, 1943) was a Japanese strategic bombing campaign against the Chinese provisional capital of Chongqing that lasted 5 1/2 years. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... Chongqing (Simplified Chinese: 重庆; Traditional Chinese: 重慶; pinyin: Ch ng; Wade-Giles: Chung-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Chungking) is the largest and most populous of the Peoples Republic of Chinas four municipalities, which have provincial-level status. ...

A conservative estimate places the number of bombing runs at more than 5000, with more than 11500 bombs dropped, the majority of which were incendiary bombs. The targets of the bombing were all residential areas, business areas, schools, hospitals and other non-military targets. Incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, or white phosphorus. ...

if probably why these terrible air strikes debt having to one Terror campaing deliberately against Chinese government,or poses some relation with Japanese Army Plan of eventually defeating of Chinese Government and definitive conquest of China,the Sichuan Invasion. Japans honor guard often marches to greet the arrival of foreign dignitaries. ...