What is Operation Meetinghouse?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Operation Meetinghouse | place = Tokyo, Japan | partof = World War II | combatants_header = | combatant1 = United States | combatant2 = Japan | date = 9-10 March 1945 | commander1 = Curtis Lemay | commander2 = Shizuichi Tanaka | casualties1 = 14 aircraft destroyed 96 aircrew killed or missing | casualties2 = 90,000 to 100,000 killed (most common estimates) Over one million without homes 267,171 buildings destroyed | units1 = 21st USAAF Bomber Command | units2 = Around 638 antiaircraft guns 90 fighter planes Tokyo firefighters }} '''Operation Meetinghouse''' was a [[bomb]]ing attack by the [[United States]] against [[Japan]] on the night between the 9th and 10th of March 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/03/15/editorials/legacy-great-tokyo-air-raid/|title=Legacy of the Great Tokyo Air Raid|date=2015-03-15|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> [[United States Army Air Force|American bombers]] dropped [[Incendiary device|firebombs]] without a specific target on the Japanese city of [[Tokyo]]. These firebombs created a huge [[fire]]storm which killed over 100,000 people and destroyed the homes of about 1 million more people. It is notable for being the most deadly attack from the air in world history. The attack was a change in strategy for the United States, which had previously only attacked from the air during the day, focusing on specific buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tokyo-sensai.net/english|title=English – 東京大空襲・戦災資料センター|language=ja|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:1945 in Japan]] [[Category:20th century in Tokyo]] [[Category:World War II]]