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unusual facts about Bombing of Tokyo in World War II



Seison Maeda

After Maeda's home was destroyed by the firebombing of Tokyo during World War II, Maeda relocated to Kamakura, where he lived within sight of Kita-Kamakura Station from 1945 until his death in 1977 at the age of 92.

Tanks in the Japanese Army

This, combined with the American strategic bombing campaign, which laid waste to the industrial infrastructure, which, when added to the IJN's priority for warship construction, made it clear to the military that the highly successful Type 95 light tank would maintain its precedence on the assembly lines.


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