Bombing of Kobe in World War II
- Bombing of Kobe in World War II
On March 17, 1945, 331 American B-29 bombers launched a firebombing attack against the city of Kobe, Japan. Of the city's residents, 8,841 were confirmed to have been killed in the resulting firestorms, which destroyed an area of three square miles and included 21% of Kobe's urban area. At the time, the city covered an area of 14 square miles (36 km²). More than 650,000 people had their homes destroyed, and the homes of another million people were damaged.
On June 5 that same year, Kobe was bombed again. Incendiaries dropped from 473 bombers destroyed convert|4.4|sqmi|km2 of the city.
In addition to incendiary attacks, Kobe was the target of a B-29 precision attack on industry, three mine-laying operations and one fighter-bomber sweep: [ [https://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/PopTopics/chron/title.htm Air Force Historical Studies: U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II "Combat Chronology 1941 -- 1945"] ]
* May 11 1945 92 B-29s hit Kawanishi aircraft industry
* June 18 1945 25 B-29s laid naval mines in several areas including waters near Kobe
* June 28 1945 29 B-29s laid naval mines in three harbors including Kobe
* July 19 1945 27 B-29s laid naval mines in several areas including waters near Kobe
* July 30 1945 Fighters attack airfields, railroads and tactical targets throughout Kobe-Osaka area
ee also
* Pacific War
* Pacific Theater of Operations
* Bombing of Tokyo in World War II
* "Grave of the Fireflies", an anime film regarding the bombing.
Further reading
*cite book|author=Edoin, Hoito|title=The Night Tokyo Burned| location=Garden City, N.Y. | publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=1987|id=ISBN 0-312-01072-9
*cite book|author=Werrell, Kenneth P|title=Blankets of Fire| location=Washington and London | publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|year=1996|id=ISBN 1-56098-665-4
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