The Japanese battleship Yamato explodes after persistent attacks from U.S. aircraft during the Battle of Okinawa, 7 April 1945. https://wrhstol.com/2LdiACE
On March 9-10, 1945, over 300 B-29 Bombers Attacked Tokyo, focusing on Asakusa. A successful incendiary raid required ideal weather That included significant dry air and wind. Weather reports predicted These conditions over Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945. A force of 334 B-29s was unleashed - each plane stripped of ammunition for machine guns ITS to allow it to carry more fire-bombs. The attackers arrived lead over the city just after dark and were Followed by a procession of death That Lasted until dawn. The fires started by the initial raiders could be seen from 150 miles away. The results were devastating: almost 17 square miles of the city were reduced to ashes. Estimates of the number killed range between 80,000 and 200,000, a higher death toll than That produced by the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima or Nagasaki six months later.
Fire bombs were M47 “napalm”, a substance developed by DuPont and Standard Oil chemical companies. It is a compound of jellied gasoline containing magnesium, Which makes it stick to almost anything. If it sticks to your bare flesh, it will burn quickly down to your bones. It is very painful, and almost impossible to dislodge from off your body.