70th Anniversary of the Firebombing of Tokyo
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The top photo shows survivors near Kamiya Bar, left, and Matsuya Asakusa department storeafter the March 9-10, 1945, Tokyo firebombing, takenMarch 19, 1945. The bottom photo shows commuters walking past still-in-use Kamiya Bar and Matsuya department storem, March 7, 2015. The firebombing of Tokyo took place over 48 hours, when U.S. planes dropped incendinary bombs on the capital, killing over 80,000 civilians in what is considered one of the most destructive bombings in history.
