German attacks caused asphalt to melt, people to sink in molten asphalt, wind to suck oxygen out, suffocation in air raid shelters, temperatures of 1800 degrees causing people to explode in flames like matchsticks.
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.