Learning Curve
HEROES & VILLAINS
Truman & the atomic bomb > Firebombing
Source 1
US survey of damage caused by firebombing of Tokyo in 1945
(Catalogue ref: AIR 48/15)
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Questions
1. What factors made this firebombing raid on Tokyo so damaging?
2. What content of the source lets you know that this is an Allied document?
3. What is missing from an official document of this kind in terms of providing a full picture of
what happened in Tokyo during this event?
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/
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Learning Curve
HEROES & VILLAINS
Truman & the atomic bomb > Firebombing
Source 1a
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/
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Learning Curve
HEROES & VILLAINS
Truman & the atomic bomb > Firebombing
Source 1b
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/
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