[Captain Walker]

And an incredibly costly one in terms of Chinese lives; some quarter of a million Chinese were killed by the Japanese in retribution for this raid. (This isn't simply looking at history with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight; the planners were well aware that the Japanese would realize the pilots would have to continue on to China, and that the Japanese counterattack against the Chinese would be vicious.)

www.smithsonianmag.com

[SmokingJoe]

And an incredibly costly one in terms of Chinese lives; some quarter of a million Chinese were killed by the Japanese in retribution for this raid

Worth remembering in light of the sometimes overwrought anti Chinese sentiment over coronavirus.
Not making any excuses for the Chinese government. Just saying.