Optimized for Netscape Navigator Version 3.0 and higher UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY SUMMARY REPORT (Pacific War) WASHINGTON, D.C. 1 JULY 1946 Table of Contents (NOTE: Please wait for the document download to complete before you start clicking on the Table of Contents links.) TITLE PAGE Page ii (blank) FOREWORD SUMMARY REPORT INTRODUCTION JAPAN'S ORIGINAL STRATEGIC PLAN EXECUTION OF ...

The Firebombing of Kobe and Osaka during World War II 1995 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of World War II. The decision to drop the atomic bombs, and their horrifying effects, can only be understood in the context of the American strategy for fighting World War II. The following passage was written by a survivor of the firebombing of ...