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one night of Firebombing on Tokyo had a death toll of around 100,000 which was higher than the Nuclear Bomb dropped on Nagasaki at a death toll of 80,000.

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Fun Fact: one night of Firebombing on Tokyo had a death toll of around 100,000 which was higher than the Nuclear Bomb dropped on Nagasaki at a death toll of 80,000.

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