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The B-29s were powerful powers that could drop a lot of weapons onto targets below. Here is how they destroyed many homes and factories, in a long and punishing campaign.
As the Japanese delegation stood on the deck of the battleship USS
Missouri on September 2, 1945, preparing to sign the documents that ended World War II, a large formation of Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers swooped low over Tokyo Bay as a reminder of the terrible destruction that had befallen their nation and turned Japan’s cities into ruins. It was a reminder the Japanese really did not need the bombed-out rubble and steadily smoking crematories around the country were evidence enough of the violent firestorm that had befallen the Land of the Rising Sun.
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