In 19 forty five, the us. Eighth air force sent 937 bombers and 613 escorting fighters over berlin,. They levelled large parts of the city and killed some 25 thousand persons. On february fourteenth and fifteenth, eight e british and 400 american bombers flew in over dresden, igniting a fire storm that burned for a week. This is how total war turns things morally topsy turvy, right? Is that the people who are running the b 29 super fortresses out of the marionus Islands, since 19 forty four, bombing japan. They're in trouble for not doing the sort of damage that we just mentioned in
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.