‘Utterly foolish’: 12 hours before World War II ended, the US firebombed this Japanese city
- Posted on July 16, 2025
- By Yahoo News
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‘Utterly foolish’: 12 hours before World War II ended, the US firebombed this Japanese city
Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.
