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Black Snow
Archival Summary & Scope
On March 10, 1945, nearly 300 B-29s unleashed a firestorm over Tokyo that killed over 100,000 people and remains the deadliest bombing raid in history. James M. Scott reconstructs this horrific night in granular detail, tracing the evolution of the B-29 and the strategic shift under Major General Curtis LeMay from high-altitude precision bombing to low-altitude nighttime incendiary attacks.Drawing on unpublished Japanese oral histories and interviews with American aircrews, Black Snow examines the tactical execution of the raid and its profound moral implications. By deliberately targeting civilian centers, this operation marked a turning point in American warfare that paved the way for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Categorization Notes
This literature has been indexed in the Read For Truth database under the primary pillar of World War II. It is cataloged here based on its relevance to established secondary research, thematic focus, and educational utility within this specific taxonomy.
