USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the first attack of the Japanese mainland during World War II on April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army Air Force B-25B “Mitchell” bombers launched from USS Hornet (CV-8) approximately 600 miles off Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the precise death toll is unknown, conservative estimates suggest that the firestorm caused by incendiary bombs killed at least 80, 000 people, and likely more than 100, 000, in a single night; some one million people were left homeless. The Japanese later called this the “Night of the Black Snow.”