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Bookmark or Share- Incendiary device - WikipediaThe small number of German bombs, also known as firebombs, were finned containers filled with kerosene and oil and wrapped with tar-covered rope. They were dropped from Zeppelin airships.
- Firebombing - WikipediaIn popular usage, any act in which an incendiary device is used to initiate a fire is often described as a "firebombing".
- Firebombing of Tokyo | March 9, 1945 - HISTORYOn the night of March 9, 1945, U.S. warplanes launch a new bombing offensive against Japan, dropping 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo over the course of the next 48 hours.
- ‘We Hated What We Were Doing’: Veterans Recall Firebombing JapanOver several hours, U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes destroyed the shitamachi, or the low-lying section of Tokyo, and killed an estimated 100,000 Japanese citizens in a firestorm.
- The Man Who Won’t Let the World Forget the Firebombing of TokyoSeventy-five years ago, less than 10 miles from where he now lives alone in a low-lying neighborhood known for its moderate rents, Saotome (pronounced SAH-oh-toe-meh) survived the brutally...
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