 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mushure mekurwiswa kwekutanga kubva pakukwirira kwakakwirira kwekubhomba uko pasi pe10 yemabhomba yakawira padyo nezvinangwa zvavo, mauto emhepo eAllied akachinjira kune yakaderera-chikamu husiku hwehusiku kurwisa maguta eJapan. Pausiku hwa9 hwaMarch 10, 1945, makiromita 16 akaenzana akaenzana epakati peguta reTokyo akapiswa uye makumi ezviuru akaurayiwaneU.S. Army Air Forces B-29s. The Survey yakafungidzira kuti 88 000 vakafa, nepo Tokyo Fire Department yakafungidzira kuti 97 000. Wezvenhau Richard Rhodes akafungidzira vanopfuura 100 000, kunyange zvazvo mutori wenhau Mark Selden akafunga kunyange ichi chiverengero kuva chakaderera zvikuru. Mumazuva gumi akatevera, nzvimbo inosvika 31 mativi emakiromita yakaparadzwa. Ongororo yacho inotaura kuti kurwiswa uku hakuna kuva nomugumisiro wakananga pabasa rokugadzira zvinhu, sezvo mafekitari akarwiswa nemabhomba akanga asingachanyanyi kuderera pane mamwe. Zvisinei, vakacherechedzawo kuti kugadzirwa kwakaderera ne 54 munguva iyi nemhaka yemigumisiro yekubhomba: kuuraya, kukuvadza uye kudzingwa kwevashandi pamwe chete nokuparadzwa kwegadziriro dzokufambisa. Vakacherechedzawo kuderera kwakakurumidza kwezvokudya zvaiwanika, zvichibva pamakorori anenge 2 000 pazuva pakutanga kwehondo, kusvika pamakorori 1 680 nokuda kwevashandi vomumaindasitiri pakwakanga kwakanyanya hondo yacho, uye zvishoma nokuda kwevashandi vasingakoshi. 