I am in need of numbers and dates. I am mostly referring to the continuous firebombings that occurred in 1945 before the dropping of the nukes. I know that the US was killing thousands a week but that wasn't enough and they were doing everything they could to kill faster. I need numbers, approximate dates and most importantly sources because this will need to be verified. How many died in particular raids is useless. I need weekly figures.
2007-03-04 07:50:54 · 4 answers · asked by Archknight 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well, I was unable to find anything useful even searching what you suggested. Also, I don't need figures for specific instances. Really, the time period I am interested in, ends with the dropping of Little Boy. Firebombing was continuously occuring all over japan. It would be nearly impossible (for me) to track each mission. I know these figures were calculated and well known among officials during the war. The numbers we hear about tend to be post-war calculations. I am sure that every general in the AF was well aware of the Japanese population, its distribution, and how many were dying with these raids. I gues that I would just like to be aware of it as well.
2007-03-04 19:32:50 · update #1
I don't think weekly death figures by US air raids on Japan is available.
USF bombed 180 cities throughout Japan in 1945. The following list is approx number of civilians killed by the air raids on the spot (actually, more people died afterwards). These figures do not include wounded casualties.
US air raids on Japan
1942/04/18: Doolittle raid: 45
1944/06/16: Northern Kyushu (from China)
Major cities
Tokyo (106 times)
1945/03/10: 83,000 by 325 B29s
1945/04/13: 2,459 by 330 B29s
1945/04/15: 841 by 202 B29s
1945/05/24: 762 by 525 B29s
1945/05/25: 3,651 by 470 B29s
Nagoya (63 times: total 8630)
1945/03/12: 602
1945/03/19: 1037 by 230 (or 310) B29s
1945/05/14: by 480 B29s
1945/06/09: 2068 by 43 B29s
1945/06/21: 426 by 120 B29s
Osaka (33 times)
1945/03/13: 3115 by 279 B29s
1945/06/01: 3150 by 474 B29s
1945/06/07:1594 by 250 B29s
1945/06/15: 418 by 469 B29s
1945/06/26: 592 by 100 B29s
1945/07/24: 187 by 400 B29s
1945/08/14: 173 by 100 B29s
Kobe (128 times: 8841)
1945/03/17: 2598 by 309 B29s
1945/05/11:1093 by 92 B29s
1945/06/05: 3184 by 481 B29s
Kyoto (20 times:302)
1945/01/16: 41
1945/06/26: 43
Major local cities
1944/11/21: Kumamoto by 80 B29s
1945/03/27: Kokura
1945/04/08: Tamano
1945/04/15: Kawasaki: approx. 1000 by 200 B29s
1945/05/29: Yokohama:3787 by 475 B29s
1945/05/31: Taipei(under Japanese rule):3000
1945/06/18: Hamamatsu:1720
1945/06/10: Chiba:152 by 100 B29s
1945/06/19: Fukuoka: 744 by 221 B29s
1945/06/22: Kurashiki:11
1945/06/28 &07/01-02: Kure: 500 by 152 B29s
1945/06/29: Sasebo: 1300 by 141 B29s
1945/06/29: Okayama: 1737 by 70 B29s
1945/07/04: Takamatsu: 1359 by 90 B29s
1945/07/01-02: Kumamoto: 469 by 154 B29s
1945/07/06: Chiba 1679 by 124 B29s
1945/07/06: Kofu:1027 by 131 B29s
1945/07/09: Wakayama: 1200 by 100 B29s
1945/07/09: Sakai: 1860 by 100 B29s
1945/07/09: Gifu: 900 by 130 B29s
1945/07/10: Sendai: 828 by 124 B29s
1945/07/12: Utsunomiya:1679 by 120 B29s
1945/07/12: Tsuruga: 109
1945/07/14-15: Hokkaido by 2000 carrier-borne aircrafts
1945/07/17: Hiratsuka and Numazu: 544 by 130 B29s
1945/07/19: Fukui: 1576 by 128 B29s
1945/0719: Hitachi: 2199 by 127 B29s
1945/07/19: Choshi: 1181 by 91 B29s
1945/07/24&28: Tsu: 1239
1945/07/26: Taira
1945/07/28: Aomori: 1767 by 61 B29s
1945/08/01: Mito:1535 by 99 B29s
1945/08/01: Hachioji: 2900 by 169 B29s
1945/08/01: Nagaoka: 1470 by 125 B29s
1945/08/02: Toyama: 2737 by 70 B29s
1945/08/05: Maebashi & Takasaki: 1323 by 92 B29s
1945/08/06: Atomic bomb on Hiroshima: 140,000
1945/08/07: Toyokawa (Navy shipyard): 2477
1945/08/08: Fukuyama: 354 by 91 B-29s
1945/08/09: Atomic bomb on Nagasaki: 70,000
1945/08/10: Kumamoto
1945/08/11: Kurume: 212
1945/08/14: Kumagaya: 687 by 82 B29s
19454/08/14: Hikari Navy shipyard: 738
1945/08/14-15: Odawara: 30-50
1945/08/14-15: Shizaki: 300 by 132 B29s (last air raid)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A9%BA%E8%A5%B2
(This page has not been translated into English)
The number of casualties and damages according to prefectural govts are also available in Japanese.
http://www.max.hi-ho.ne.jp/nvcc/WA2.HTM
2007-03-08 20:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by area52 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bomb Damage Assessment BDA
done after each raid over Japan, google such and say:
General
Hap Arnold
Haywood Hansell
LeMay
O'Donnell
LeMay took over early January 1945 and still did not meet "expectations" despite all the damage and burnings.
BDA's seldom did count actual killed estimates but % of target, etc.
But these are the key names and the term.
Suspect this will get you enough
2007-03-04 16:22:59 · answer #2 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question sounds biased against the US attempts to end a war that Japan started by bombing Pearl Harbor and trying to kill as many people as it could.
Japan could have avoided the eventual bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki if Tojo negotiated a peace settlement after we defeated his army on Okinawa. However, his samurai pride prevented him from rational thinking and decided that every Japanese man, woman and child should die for the glory of the Rising Sun. WWII was not our idea, but in war a nation decides whether it wants to win or lose. We chose victory.
You sound like you want to make a revisionist makeover of historical events to satisfy your anti American prejudice.
2007-03-12 14:08:42 · answer #3 · answered by crusty old fart 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
During the night of March 9-10, 1945 the Army Air Force fire bombed Tokyo. Estimates of the dead range from 100,000 to 200,000.
The two nukes combined killed an estimated 150,000 Japanese.
2007-03-04 18:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋