World War II: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_forces_(World_War_II)" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allied forces (World War II)">Allied forces</a> carry out <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bombing of Tokyo">firebombing over Tokyo</a>, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians.<sup about="#mwt130" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"burning_2011_03_wired_com"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-burning_2011_03_wired_com-24"}}' id="cite_ref-burning_2011_03_wired_com_24-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_9#cite_note-burning_2011_03_wired_com-24" id="mw0w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 24;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw1A">[24]</span></a></sup>