![]() ![]() ![]() The area burned out that night was one square mile more than that of the devastating March 10 firebombing raid. 3,242 people were killed, 559,683 people were made homeless, and 16.8 square miles of Tokyo were incinerated. On the night of May 25-26, 464 B-29s dropped 3,258 tons of incendiaries on the Yamanote district in the heart of Tokyo. The number of bombers and incendiaries used in the final firebombing raid far exceeded those on March 10. By dawn, more than 100,000 people were dead, over a million were homeless, and 15.8 square miles of Tokyo had been burned to the ground. On that night, 279 B-29s dropped 1,665 tons of incendiaries on the Shitamachi district of the capital. The first of these five massive firebombing raids was the Great Tokyo Air Raid of March 10, 1945. This was the fifth and final low-altitude night incendiary raid on urban areas of Tokyo by the US Army Air Forces. May 25 th is the 70th anniversary of the Great Yamanote Air Raid. Tokyo in flames following the B-29 firebombing raid, May 25-26, 1945 ![]()
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