@[email protected] to World NewsEnglish • 3 months agoBomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flightswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down13
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkBomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flightswww.cbsnews.com@[email protected] to World NewsEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarecan_you_change_your_usernamelinkfedilink11•3 months agoIf you’re interested in the worst of it you should look up firebombing and why it was so effective against Japan.
minus-square@AngryCommieKenderlinkEnglish2•edit-23 months agoThe one thing that Commodore Perry didn’t trade them was copies of The Three Little Pigs. /s
minus-square@RestrictedAccountlinkEnglish2•3 months agoThe best history of this is “the bomber mafia” by Malcolm Gladwell. He really tells the whole complex story.
If you’re interested in the worst of it you should look up firebombing and why it was so effective against Japan.
The one thing that Commodore Perry didn’t trade them was copies of The Three Little Pigs.
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The best history of this is “the bomber mafia” by Malcolm Gladwell.
He really tells the whole complex story.