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| | Bombing of Tokyo in World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The key development for the bombing of Japan was the B-29, which had an operational range of 1500 miles (2,400 km); almost 90% of the bombs dropped on the home islands of Japan were delivered by this type of bomber (147,000 short tons, 133,000 metric tons). |
 | | Unlike the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were at least partially intended to force Japan to capitulate immediately, fire-bombing, which killed more civilians in total, was carried out as a long-term strategy to destroy Japan's ability to produce war materials as well as to undermine the Japanese government's will to continue the war. |
 | | In the context of total war, the large number of Japanese civilians killed by strategic bombing was seen as acceptable by the American administration. |
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