Bombing of Tokyo, March 1945

World War 2 70th Anniversary - Exhibit and resources from Government Documents and Maps Department, UHM

March 8, 2015-March 14, 2015
Location: Government Documents

Description: More than three hundred American bombers drop incendiary bombs on Tokyo. From the three-hour raid a firestorm greater than that in Dresden erupts, killing 130,000 and displacing a million people. You can read and see about the destruction in context here from Effects of air attack on urban complex Tokyo-Kawasaki-Yokohama published by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in 1947: https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=3951932

Newsmap. Monday, 19 March, 1945: week of 6 March to 13 March, 288th week of the war, 170th week of U.S. participation. Shows the Allied assaults on Mandalay (Burma), Mindanao (P.I.), and drive toward Berlin; text describe crossing over the Rhine.

View this map in print in the Map Collection reading room, ground floor of UHM Hamilton Library, the week of 8 March 2015
View this map online through the University of North Texas Digital Library (http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc878/)

Notes: Newsmaps were color posters issued by the U.S. Army and the Government Printing Office (GPO) on Mondays during the World War II. They combine maps, images, and news from the previous week’s war effort.