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More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago in the U.S. Firebombing of Tokyo. The attack, made with conventional bombs, destroyed downtown Tokyo and filled the streets with heaps of charred bodies. Elderly survivors are making a last-ditch effort to tell their stories and push for financial assistance. The death toll exceeds those killed in the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of Nagasaki. But the Japanese firebombing has been largely eclipsed by the two bombings. The bombing came after the collapse of Japanese air and naval defenses following the U.S. Capture of a string of former Japanese strongholds in the Pacific. Postwar governments have provided 60 trillion yen ($405 billion) in welfare support for military veterans and bereaved families. Civilian victims of the U.S. Firebombings received nothing. Japanese courts rejected their compensation demands of 11 million ($74,300) each. 15-year-old worked as a nurse to help children and teenagers. "What we went through should never be repeated," she says.

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[–] 843563115848z@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago

Pearl Harbor.