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Encyclopedia > Bombing of Kobe in World War II

On March 17th, 1945, three hundred and thirty-one American B-29 bombers launched a firebombing attack against the city of Kobe, Japan. Approximately 8,841 of the city's residents were killed in the resulting firestorms, which destroyed an area 3 square miles in size and included 21% of Kobe's urban area. At the time, the city covered an area of 14 square miles. More than 650,000 people had their homes destroyed, and the homes of another million people were damaged. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ... Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to create a firestorm in the target city. ... Kobe (Japanese: 神戸市; kōbe-shi) is a city in Japan, located on the island of Honshu. ... A firestorm is the mass movement of air resulting from fire, creating a fire of extreme intensity over a wide area. ...


On June 5th of that same year, Kobe was bombed again. Incendiaries dropped from 473 bombers destroyed 4.4 square miles of the city. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... An incendiary device is a device or weapon designed to create a fire. ...


Kobe was the origonal target for the "Fat Man" Plutonium Atomic weapon dropped by the USAAFin August 1945. Due to adverse weather conditions the Raid was diverted to Nagasaki.


See also


US landings in the Pacific, 1942–1945 The Pacific War occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in Asia. ... The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, during World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan... Grave of the Fireflies ( Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 anime (animated) movie written and directed by Isao Takahata for Studio Ghibli. ...

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Warsaw • Wieluń Strategic Bombing during World War II was unlike anything the world had previously witnessed. ... Survivor of German aerial bombardment of Warsaw This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Aerial area bombardment is the policy of indiscriminate bombing of an enemys cities, for the purpose of destroying the enemys means of producing military materiel, communications, government centres and civilian morale. ... Terror bombing is a strategy of deliberately bombing civilian targets and strafing civilians in order to break the morale of the enemy and make the civilian population of the enemy panic. ... The Bavarian city of Augsburg, Germany, was bombed twice by the RAF during World War II 1942 The Augsburg air raid on 17 April 1942 was one of the most daring of World War II. The first squadron to take delivery of the 4-engined Avro Lancaster was No. ... The term Battle of Berlin is sometimes restricted to the Royal Air Force for a bombing campaign on Berlin and other cities between the night of November 18 1943 and March 1944. ... The Belfast Blitz was an event that occurred on Easter Tuesday, April 15, 1941, when 200 German Luftwaffe bombers attacked Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing of the city of Birmingham in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... The City of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II. During the war the Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed Cologne more than thirty one times. ... The twin spires of Coventrys skyline This article is about the history of Coventry, England. ... The two Japanese air raids on Darwin, Australia on February 19, 1942 were by far the biggest ever attack by a foreign power against the Australian mainland. ... The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial events of World War II. Historian Frederick Taylor says: The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality... The Bombing of Frampol happened during the Polish Defence War of 1939. ... The Greenock Blitz is the name given to two nights of intensive bombing of the town of Greenock by the Luftwaffe in May 1941. ... Firestorm in Hamburg Operation Gomorrah was the military codename for a series of air raids conducted by the Royal Air Force on the city of Hamburg beginning in the end of July 1943. ... The city of Kassel in Germany was severely bombed during World War II. Kassel is in the northern part of the federal state of Hesse, between Frankfurt (190 km south), and Hanover (160 km north). ... German bomber over the Surrey Docks, London The Blitz was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940–1941. ... The Liverpool Blitz was the heavy and sustained bombing of the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... The Manchester Blitz was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The bombing of Rotterdam occured in the initial phases of World War II when German forces invaded the Netherlands. ... The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the worst nights of bombing in Sheffield, England during the Second World War. ... The U.S. bombing of Tokyo during World War II took place between 1942 and 1945. ... The Bombing of Warsaw in World War II refers both to the terror bombing campaign on Warsaw by Luftwaffe during the September Campaign (siege of Warsaw and to the German bombing raids during the Warsaw Uprising. ... The bombing of WieluÅ„ in World War II refers to the terror bombing of the Polish town of WieluÅ„ by the German Luftwaffe. ...

References

Books

  • Edoin, Hoito (1987). The Night Tokyo Burned, Garden City, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-01072-9.
  • Werrell, Kenneth P (1996). Blankets of Fire, Washington and London: Smithsonian Instituion Press. ISBN 1-56098-665-4.

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Wikinfo | Bombing of Tokyo in World War II (1094 words)
The key development for the bombing of Japan was the B-29, which had an operational range of 1500 miles (2,400 km); almost 90% of the bombs dropped on the home islands of Japan were delivered by this type of bomber (147,000 tons).
Unlike the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were intended to knock Japan out of war immediately, fire-bombing, which killed more civilians in total, was carried out as a long term strategy to destroy Japan's ability to produce war materials as well as undermine the Japanese Government's will to continue the war.
In the context of total war, the large number Japanese civilians killed by strategic bombing were seen as an acceptable number by the American administration.
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