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To: dfwgator
or Tokyo

Japan had been mostly leveled by the time of the atom bombs

we have been privileged to be able to read the NY Times long and thorough accounts of the strategic air campaign against Japan posted here on Free Republic.

between 300 and 500 B29's destroyed targets every day. Here's a partial photo of Tokyo


24 posted on 08/09/2015 3:24:33 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, .. Iran deal & holocaust: Obama's batting clean up for Adolph Hitler)
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To: bert

Agreed. I didn’t know until the recent threads that our domination of Japan was so complete that destroyers were shelling villages with impunity.


26 posted on 08/09/2015 3:26:39 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: bert

they should have destroyed the palace and emperor. imho.


74 posted on 08/09/2015 5:46:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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