When did the first B-25 Mitchells take off from the aircraft carrier Hornet to bomb Tokyo?
Sixteen North American B-25 Mitchels took off from the aircraft carrier Hornet on the 18th of April 1942. This mission served as a symbolic retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor four months earlier.
What date did the major firebombing raid on Shitamachi occur during Operation Meetinghouse?
The US Strategic Bombing Survey estimated nearly 88,000 people died in the March 9th through 10th raid alone. The bombing campaign targeted the Shitamachi neighborhood of Tokyo on the night of the 9th through the 10th of March 1945.
How many people were killed or wounded according to the Tokyo Fire Department records for the March 1945 attacks?
The Tokyo Fire Department recorded a higher death toll of 97,000 killed and 125,000 wounded. These figures represent the casualties from the air raids by the US Army Air Forces in the Pacific War.
When was the memorial opened at Yokoamicho Park that holds ashes of victims killed in attacks on Tokyo?
A memorial opened in Yokoamicho Park in March 2001 to honor those who died. Between 1948 and 1951 ashes of 105,400 people killed in attacks on Tokyo were interred at Sumida Ward in this location.
What year did the Supreme Court reject the final appeal regarding compensation claims against the Japanese government?
The Supreme Court rejected their final appeal in May 2013 after dismissing the case at first judgment in December 2009. Plaintiffs had demanded an apology and 1.232 billion yen in compensation for the bombing of Tokyo.