History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1699 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Firebombing of Japan
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The idea
American bombers dropped incendiary weapons on Japan's wooden cities, creating firestorms; over sixty Japanese cities were firebombed, the Yawp records.
In practice
Tokyo in March nineteen forty-five, where American firebombs killed one hundred thousand civilians.
Where people slip
This came before the atomic bomb. The debate over the bomb, at the end of this unit, is fought against this record.
Your place on the trail
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