Author peter harmson recounts the situation involving 66 year old christian missionary reverend frank rawlinson. The death toll from both of these accidental bombings put together is more than 12 hundred people, almost 15 hundred seriously wounded. Seven foreigners among the dead. Many were stripped completely naked after the intense gas pressure from the bomb had torn off their clothes.
The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.