Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: XX Bomber Command bidoro ife efe megide Japan n'etiti ọnwa June 1944. Ihe mberede nke mbụ mere n'abalị nke 15/16 nke June mgbe e zigara 75 B-29s na
na-awakpo ụlọ ọrụ Imperial Iron and Steel Works dị na Yawata dị n'ebe ugwu Kyūshū. Mwakpo a kpatara obere mmebi ma were ụgbọelu B-29 asaa, mana enwetara mkpuchi mgbasa ozi na-anụ ọkụ n'obi na United States ma gosi ndị nkịtị Japan na agha ahụ anaghị aga nke ọma. Ndị agha Japan malitere ịgbasa ndị agha na-alụ ọgụ na agwaetiti ndị dị n'ụlọ mgbe mwakpo ahụ na Yawata gasịrị, na n'ọnwa Ọktọba, e kenyere ụgbọ elu 375 na ngalaba atọ na-ahụ maka ikuku. Ngalaba ndị a nọgidere n'ihe dị ka ike a ruo March 1945. Arnold wepụrụ onye isi ndị agha nke XX Bomber Command, Brigadier General Kenneth Wolfe, obere oge ka mwakpo ahụ na Yawata gasịrị mgbe ọ na-enweghị ike ime mwakpo ndị ọzọ na Japan n'ihi enweghị mmanụ ọkụ zuru oke na ntọala na China. Onye nọchiri Wolfe bụ Major General Curtis LeMay, onye agha nke Eighth Air Force na-atụ bọmbụ megide Germany.