The U.S. bombing of Osaka during World War II took place on 13th and 14th March 1945. This was done in much the same way, and to much the same effect, as bombings in Kobe, Nagoya, and many other major Japanese cities. It is said more than 10,000 Japanese died in these bombings. , Kobe ) is a city in Japan located on the island of Honshu. ... Nagoya Castle in June of 2004. ...
The Firebombing of Kobe and Osaka during WorldWarII The Firebombing of Kobe and Osaka during WorldWarII 1995 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of WorldWarII.
The decision to drop the atomic bombs, and their horrifying effects, can only be understood in the context of the American strategy for fighting WorldWarII.
Osaka was to be firebombed again with 458 aircraft on June 2; Kobe with 473 aircraft on June 6; and Osaka again with 409 planes on June 8.
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 at least partially intended to force Japan to capitulate 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 of Japanese civilians killed by strategic bombing was seen as acceptable by the American administration.
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