1945-03-10

Great Tokyo Air Raid

Great Tokyo Air RaidGreat Tokyo Air Raid is a air war record around Great Tokyo Air Raid, situated in the defeat-endgame phase linking homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics and home-front mobilization in Japan.

Other events in this phase

Japanese Imperial Home Front163
  1. B-29 raids on Tokyo begin
  2. Compulsory urban evacuation
  3. Tokyo firebreak demolition
  4. Great Tokyo Air RaidCurrent record
  5. Tokyo firebombing deepens the government crisis
  6. Osaka air raid
  7. Kobe air raid
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Wartime Position

the defeat-endgame when homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics converged

Great Tokyo Air Raid is a air war record around Great Tokyo Air Raid, situated in the defeat-endgame phase linking homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics and home-front mobilization in Japan.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around Great Tokyo Air Raid clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Tokyo after the 1945 air raid and Wikimedia Commons · Tokyo after the 1945 air raid provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Tokyo after the 1945 air raidVisual recordTokyo after the 1945 air raidA photograph of Tokyo after the March 1945 firebombing.

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Tokyo after the 1945 air raidOpen source