PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoRemains of Osaka after a night of American terror bombing, Japan, WW2, 1945lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months ago Japan had a lot more wood-only city buildings back then Wood, and worse, paper. The US made mock-ups of civilian Japanese buildings when we were testing napalm for use in the terror firebombings of 1945. It was… very effective against the mock-ups.
Wood, and worse, paper. The US made mock-ups of civilian Japanese buildings when we were testing napalm for use in the terror firebombings of 1945. It was… very effective against the mock-ups.