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United States B-29 bombers drop incendiary bombs over Kobe, Japan
"Kobe strike" shows United States B-29 bomber aicraft dropping 3200 tons of incendiary bombs over industrial targets in Kobe, Japan during World War 2. Firebombing causes pillars of smoke to rise up. Narrator speaks of strikes on other Japanese cities also and relates statement by General Arnold that beginning July 1945, industrial Japan will be hit by bombs at the rate of 2 million tons per year, or 5480 tons per day, adding that "by the end of 1946, Japan will have ceased to exist as a bombing target."
Aerial views of bomb-damaged city of Kobe, Japan destroyed by Allied bombings during World War II.
Aerial views of bomb damage in Kobe, Japan during World War II. Aerial views from an aircraft showing bomb damaged city. Aircraft passes over a canal. Damaged hangar at airfield with parked planes.
Major General Curtis LeMay holds a conference with his staff after a raid on Kobe in Saipan, Mariana Islands.
Review of air raids in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. United States Army Air Forces Major General Curtis LeMay and General Thomas S. Power discuss the bombing mission on Kobe, Japan with other officers. Colonels Blanchard, Roberts, Warren and Muehleisen read maps and orders.