Tokyo firebombing

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:aftermath increased anti-war sentiment
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkbp:area 16 square miles
gptkbp:casualties 100,000
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay
gptkbp:contributedTo Japan's_surrender
gptkbp:criticism peace activists
civilian impact
lack of military necessity
gptkbp:date March 9-10, 1945
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
films and literature
gptkbp:encouraged war crime discussions
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkbp:future_plans demoralization_of_Japanese_population
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the deadliest air raids in history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tokyo firebombing
gptkbp:influenced intelligence reports
U.S._military_policy
post-war_Japanese_reconstruction
gptkbp:infrastructure transportation systems
gptkbp:inspiration future military strategies
gptkbp:is_a modern aerial warfare tactics
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for the_war_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of debate among historians
gptkbp:is_characterized_by extensive fire damage
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Pacific_Theater
bombing campaigns
gptkbp:is_studied_in historians
military studies
gptkbp:keyEvent air warfare history
gptkbp:led_to urban planning changes
firestorm
gptkbp:operations Operation Meetinghouse
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Allied_forces
Operation Downfall
gptkbp:population over a million people
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dresden_bombing
gptkbp:renovated over 250,000
gptkbp:resultedIn high civilian casualties
mass destruction
gptkbp:significantEvent the history of warfare.
Japanese_history
gptkbp:tactics area bombing
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
factories
gptkbp:usedFor incendiary bombs
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for military innovation
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in U.S.-Japan_relations_post-war
gptkbp:was_a_response_to Japanese_aggression
gptkbp:was_a_result_of air superiority