[wbill]

I wonder why we never hear about unexploded ordinance in Japan

Weren't incendiaries used more over Japan? Also, there was 4 more years of heavy bombing over Europe....Japan really didn't start getting clobbered until 44 or 45, I think. Plus WWI, plus - how many landmass invasions over the years?

But your point is still completely valid.

[CholeraJoe]

Y'all are absolutely right about incendiaries. Since most of the buildings in Japan were wood rather than masonry like in Europe incendiaries were used. It never occurred to me that HE bombs were probably the exception over Japan.