Air raids on Japan

Air raids on Japan
	Part of the Japan campaign during the Pacific War
	; B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping incendiary bombs on Yokohama in May 1945
Date	18 April 1942 – 15 August 1945
Location	Japan
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States; United Kingdom; China	Japan
Units involved
Fifth Air Force; Seventh Air Force; Eleventh Air Force; Twentieth Air Force ; 3rd Fleet; 5th Fleet; British Pacific Fleet; Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–49) Republic of China Air Force	Northern District; Eastern District; Central District; Western District; General Defense Command; Air General Army
Strength
27,261 B-29 sorties, exclusive of mining operations	2,833 heavy AA guns; 5,916 automatic cannons; 168,900 personnel
Casualties and losses
5th Air Force:; 31 aircraft; 7th Air Force:; 12 aircraft; VII Fighter Command:; 157 aircraft; 91 killed; 20th Air Force:; 414 aircraft; 2,600+ killed; ~545 Allied airmen captured	241,000–900,000 killed; 213,000–1,300,000 wounded; 8,500,000 rendered homeless; Very heavy damage to industry; Extensive damage to urban areas; 4,200 aircraft

The most notable air raids on Japan occurred in the closing stages of the war, where two nuclear bombs were dropped which caused the end of World War 2. The first air raid on Japan was the Doolittle Raid by the United States Air Force. The bombing operations against Japan continued until Japan's surrender.

Air Raids On Japan Media

An air-raid shelter being built in Japan, September 1940
A B-25 Mitchell taking off from USS Hornet on 18 April 1942
Locations of B-29 bomber bases in China and the main targets they attacked in East Asia during Operation Matterhorn
Civilians participating in an air-raid drill during 1942
B-29s about to raid Yawata on 15 June 1944
Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell posing with a map of the Tokyo region in November 1944
A B-29 falls in flames after a direct hit by an anti-aircraft shell over Japan
The partially incinerated remains of Japanese civilians in Tokyo, 10 March 1945
Bodies of people killed in Operation Meetinghouse laid out in Ueno Park, Tokyo, 16 March 1945
The areas of Japan's main cities which were destroyed in air attacks during the war

References

↑ Wolk (2004), p. 72
↑ Survey of Japanese antiaircraft artillery Archived 26 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine, p. 230. Retrieved 5/26/23
↑ Survey of Japanese antiaircraft artillery Archived 26 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Figures 12 and 25 for weapons and army personnel strength (127,285), p. 255 for navy personnel strength (41,615). Retrieved 5/26/23
↑ Kerr (1991), p. 276
↑ Kerr (1991), pp. 280–281
↑ Coox (1994), p. 417

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[Wolk_72-1] Wolk (2004), p. 72

[2] Survey of Japanese antiaircraft artillery Archived 26 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine, p. 230. Retrieved 5/26/23

[3] Survey of Japanese antiaircraft artillery Archived 26 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Figures 12 and 25 for weapons and army personnel strength (127,285), p. 255 for navy personnel strength (41,615). Retrieved 5/26/23

[Kerr_276-4] Kerr (1991), p. 276

[Kerr_1991.2C_pp._280.E2.80.93281-5] Kerr (1991), pp. 280–281

[6] Coox (1994), p. 417

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