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11. Remember, we also firebombed Tokyo. We even attached delayed fire devices to bats.
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 03:27 PM
Aug 2018

Last edited Thu Aug 16, 2018, 04:56 PM - Edit history (1)

The plan was, the bats would look for attics to nest. Then the firebombs would ignite.


Correction. The "bat" part of the firebombing was not implement but was subject of experiments using bats from New Mexico. During one fly-by experiment, bats ignited an aircraft hanger in California and a general's car.

The actual firebombing of Tokyo is estimated to have killed 100,000 people.

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