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B 29s over Tokyo...
B 29s over Tokyo...
Item # 689903
May 26, 1945
STARS & STRIPES, Paris Edition, May 26, 1945 This was the: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead.
Front page banner headline: "B 29s Fire Tokyo Again" & subhead: "Smouldering City Hit by 500 Supers". Front page photos includes General Eisenhower. The back page has a photo of Dorothy Lamour.
Eight pages, tabloid-size, good condition.
Note: In May 1945, the United States intensified its strategic bombing campaign against Tokyo using B-29 Superfortress bombers, following the devastating Operation Meetinghouse in March. These raids aimed to cripple Japan's war production and morale through extensive firebombing of urban areas.
This night raid targeted downtown Tokyo and the waterfront. B-29s dropped incendiary bombs from altitudes around 9,100 feet, leading to massive fires that engulfed large sections of the city.
Category: World War II
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