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| Above, the Wako Dept. Store in Ginza today. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Sixty-nine years ago, the Great Tokyo Air Raid took place during the final year of World War II.
The air raid took place the night of March 9-10, 1945 and virtually devastated the city of Tokyo.
Time Magazine's website takes a look back at that event:
TOKYO – On a clear night in March 1945, more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers launched one of the most devastating air raids in history. By dawn, more than 100,000 people were dead, a million were homeless, and 40 square kilometers of Tokyo were burned to the ground. More people were killed in the Tokyo firebombing of March 9-10 than in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later. Yet it remains one of the forgotten horrors of the Second World War. About 700 recently discovered photos of the attack and its aftermath are now on display at a small museum in Tokyo.The article includes a photo of buildings on fire which appears to be next to the Wako Department Store in Ginza.
Read more: A Forgotten Horror: The Great Tokyo Air Raid | TIME.com http://nation.time.com/2012/03/27/a-forgotten-horror-the-great-tokyo-air-raid/#ixzz2vY3nIuVz
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