69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - A woman offers flowers at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

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