To mark the 80th anniversary of the March 10, 1945 firebombing of Tokyo, a thread introducing one of the most remarkable primary sources I've come across in the archive:
Gen. Thomas Power's eye-witness report, recorded while circling over the firestorm for nearly two hours. 1/
Gen. Thomas Power's eye-witness report, recorded while circling over the firestorm for nearly two hours. 1/
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Stripping down B-29s to maximize bomb loads also meant ditching cameras. As a result, there are no known aerial photos or film of the 3/10 raid *in progress* 2/
[I draw here on Ogishima's account, one of 100s compiled in the 戦災誌, bc it is time-stamped, allowing us to compare with Power above] 5/