[tomzz]

The British philosopher A. C. Grayling, in his new book Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan (Walker, $25.95), points out that the two air forces combined killed perhaps 600,000 German civilians and another 200,000 Japanese.

That figure for Japanese is ludicrous. I view it as likely that a million Japanese might have been killed in the 4/10/45 raid on Tokyo alone, and Tokyo was but one of some 75 large cities which were basically burned down before LeMay ran out of incindiaries in July 45.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

My Brother in Law was in the Bataan Death March, he survived but was in very bad shape for the rest of his life. He died at 50.

Instead of hanging their fake god "Hirohito", we spent billions to rebuild them.

[hinckley buzzard]

I view it as likely that a million Japanese might have been killed in the 4/10/45 raid on Tokyo alone,

When the Missouri steamed into Tokyo bay to accept the Jap surrender, there were so many people and so many troops in Tokyo that the entire Pacific US Air Corps was airborne, and fully loaded for bear, and ready to carpet bomb the city in case of a surprise attack by the Japanese army. Not exactly a burned out depopulated hulk of a civilian city.