B-29: The Bomber That Broke Japan
The Imperial Japanese Army initially viewed the Boeing B-29 Superfortress as an unrealistic, oversized project that would never reach their skies. But by March 1945, waves of B-29s rained napalm on Japanese cities in Operation Meetinghouse, devastating Tokyo in a single night. It marked the beginning of relentless strategic bombing that bypassed Japan’s coastal defenses … Read more