Bomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flights

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Bomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flights
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If you're interested in the worst of it you should look up firebombing and why it was so effective against Japan.

The one thing that Commodore Perry didn't trade them was copies of The Three Little Pigs.

/s

The best history of this is “the bomber mafia” by Malcolm Gladwell.

He really tells the whole complex story.