Hubi@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flightswww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down14
arrow-up1372arrow-down1videoBomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flightswww.cbsnews.comHubi@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarecan_you_change_your_username@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoIf you’re interested in the worst of it you should look up firebombing and why it was so effective against Japan.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoThe one thing that Commodore Perry didn’t trade them was copies of The Three Little Pigs. /s
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe best history of this is “the bomber mafia” by Malcolm Gladwell. He really tells the whole complex story.
If you’re interested in the worst of it you should look up firebombing and why it was so effective against Japan.
The one thing that Commodore Perry didn’t trade them was copies of The Three Little Pigs.
/s
The best history of this is “the bomber mafia” by Malcolm Gladwell.
He really tells the whole complex story.