The fire bombing raid on Tokyo killed more civilians than the atomic bombs did. That raid was non-nuclear.
True and why is that forgotten? And what about the “morality” of that as opposed to the nuclear attack?
“The fire bombing raid on Tokyo killed more civilians than the atomic bombs did. That raid was non-nuclear.”
I don’t think most people are aware of either the bombing that was going on before the dropping of the a bombs or aware of how vicious the war was up to that point. It is only in that context that the bombing makes sense. Too many see it as a toy war, not what it was.
That would be raids plural. Tokyo was obliterated except tor the Emperor’s palace that was not touched.
There are several very good videos on you tube showing the detailed planning and contingency targets. The hundreds of planes departed the bases at Guam, Saipan and Tinian in massed raids of unbelievable scope. The planning included rescue ships all along the way and detailed routes for P51 escorts.
I don’t remember the number but I cannot grasp mentally the amount of gasoline required for just one such raid. I can’t grasr the number of tankers it took just to transport gasoline much less all the munitions.
Those raids continued after the atomic bomb detonations pretty much up to the day of surrender