<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Empini yasePacific, kwasetshenziswa kakhulu ukuqhuma kwamabhomu ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi eJapane, njengeTokyo.  <response>: Ngobusuku bango-March 9 kuya ku-March 10, 1945, kwaqondiswa amabhomu asindayo angu-334 e-B-29 Superfortress ukuba ahlasele izindawo ezinabantu abaningi kakhulu eTokyo. Ngobusuku obubodwa nje kuphela, abantu abangaphezu kuka-100.000 bashiswa bafa ngenxa yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu avuthayo, okuyisibalo esiqhathaniseka nesabantu base-U.S. abafa empini kuyo yonke indawo yempi yasePacific. Amanye amaJapane angu-100 000 kuya kwesigidi ashiywa engenamakhaya. Lokhu kuhlaselwa kwalandelwa okunye okufana nakho ngokumelene neKobe, i-Osaka, neNagoya, kanye nezinye izingxenye zaseTokyo, lapho kwaphonswa khona amathani angaphezu kuka-9.373 amabhomu avuthayo emizamweni yezakhamuzi nakwezempi. Ngesikhathi amabhomu e-athomu ehlatshwa eHiroshima naseNagasaki, kwakuqhunyiswa amabhomu amancane naphakathi ezindizeni ukuze aqhumise amabhomu ezindaweni ezilungele, njengoba izindawo eziningi zasemadolobheni zase zibhujisiwe kakade. Phakathi nomkhankaso wokuqhumisa amabhomu izakhamuzi izinyanga ezingu - 9, kwafa izakhamuzi zaseJapane ezingaphezu kuka - 400.000. 