✦ History

Air raids on Japan

August 15, 1939 – August 15, 1945

Result Allied victory

Allied air forces bombed Japan during the Pacific War, mostly in 1944 and 1945. Firebombing raids destroyed large parts of many cities and killed hundreds of thousands of civilians.

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Battles and events 6

April 18, 1942
Bombing of Tokyo American victory Tokyo
1945
Bombing of Osaka American victory Osaka
July 19, 1945
Bombing of Okazaki in World War II Okazaki
August 1, 1945
Bombing of Nagaoka Extensive damage to the city. Nagaoka
August 6–9, 1945
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hiroshima · Nagasaki Harry S. Truman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi
August 14, 1945
Bombing of Akita in World War II Tsuchizaki Minato

Key commanders

Allies 2

Harry S. Truman President of the United States, Ordered the atomic bombings Paul Tibbets participant, piloted the Enola Gay over Hiroshima

Other 2

J. Robert Oppenheimer scientist, Directed the Los Alamos laboratory that built the bombs Enrico Fermi scientist, Manhattan Project physicist; built the first reactor