Firebombing Japan 67 Cities: 1945 The Pop History Dig
In addition to Tokyo, other Japanese cities were also hard hit. Osaka, the second largest city in Japan, with more than 3 million residents and a key industrial, shipping, rail, and warmaterials center, was firebombed by three waves of B29s in nighttime raids over a threeandahalf hour period on March 13, 1945.