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  • Incendiary Attack for Japanese Cities (1945)
  • Short | 21 min | Documentary, Short
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Incendiary Attack for Japanese Cities (1945)
Short | 21 min | Documentary, Short
In this United States Army Air Forces documentary short film, an Army Air Forces project officer describes the wood and paper construction material of much of the slums of Japan and explains how the American military develops combinations ...See moreIn this United States Army Air Forces documentary short film, an Army Air Forces project officer describes the wood and paper construction material of much of the slums of Japan and explains how the American military develops combinations of high explosive, incendiary, and fragmentation bombs with which to cause the maximum fire damage to these buildings. As most of the government and military buildings in Japan were too strongly constructed to be damaged sufficiently by fire-bombing, it was believed the most effective bombing campaign would be to start firestorms in the lightly constructed civilian slums surrounding the major cities. Test bombings of similar wooden buildings at Eglin Air Base confirmed the right combination of bomb types for creating such firestorms. Written by Jim Beaver See less
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Updated Dec 31, 1945
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1945 (United States)

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