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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb (Season 5, Episode 56)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, Talk-Show
Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb Part of Aviation and Naval Battles in the Pacific Week Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies ...See moreBlack Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb Part of Aviation and Naval Battles in the Pacific Week Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: "If we lose the war, we'll be tried as war criminals." James M. Scott will talk abut that horrific night, and how, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first time commanders deliberately targeted civilians which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later. Written by Paul Woodadge See less
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Updated Sep 6, 2022
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Sep 6, 2022 (France)

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