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The Great Firebombing of Tokyo: Operation Meetinghouse

The Great Firebombing of Tokyo: Operation Meetinghouse

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In the early hours of March 10, 1945, 325 B-29 Superfortresses descended on Tokyo in what became the deadliest air raid of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse dropped over 1,600 tons of M-69 incendiary cluster bombs on a city largely built of wood and paper, creating a firestorm that killed an estimated 100,000 civilians and destroyed 16 square miles. This episode examines the strategic thinking behind General Curtis LeMay's shift from high-altitude precision bombing to low-level nighttime incendiary raids, the tactical innovations like the 'Mission 69' formation and the M-69 bomblet, and the human cost — both the devastation on the ground and the moral questions it raised. Lucas and Luna discuss the firebombing's context within the Pacific War, the role of Tokyo's geography and population density in the firestorm's spread, and how this raid set a precedent for the atomic bombings later that year. They also touch on the controversy: was this a necessary step to break Japan's will to fight, or an act of indiscriminate slaughter? With insights from historian Richard B. Frank and survivor accounts, this episode offers a sobering look at one of WWII's most consequential and least-discussed operations. #OperationMeetinghouse #TokyoFirebombing #CurtisLeMay #B29Superfortress #M69Incendiary #PacificWar #StrategicBombing #Firestorm #March101945 #WorldWarII #Japan #CivilianCasualties #MoralControversy #RichardBFrank #XXIBomberCommand #IncendiaryBombing #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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