<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ukuhlasela kokuqala ngamabhomu avuthayo kulo mkhankaso  <response>: I-Operation Meetinghouse yenziwa eTokyo ngobusuku bango-March 910, futhi yabonakala iyisibhamu esisodwa esibhubhisa kakhulu empini. I-XXI Bomber Command yenza umzamo omkhulu, kwathi ntambama ngo-March 9 ama-B-29 angu-346 asuka eMariana aya eTokyo. Baqala ukufika phezu kwedolobha ngehora lesibili ekuseni ngesikhathi saseGuam ngo - March 10, futhi amabhomu angu - 279 alahla amathani angu - 1 665 amabhomu. Lokhu kuhlasela kwabangela umlilo omkhulu owaqothula izivikelo zomphakathi zaseTokyo futhi wabhubhisa izakhiwo, ezimelela amaphesenti ayisikhombisa endawo yasemadolobheni. Amaphoyisa aseTokyo nomnyango wezomlilo balinganisela ukuthi kwabulawa abantu abangu-83 793 ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa izindiza, abanye abangu-40 918 balimala futhi abangaphezu kwesigidi balahlekelwa amakhaya abo; izilinganiso zangemva kwempi zokufa kulokhu kuhlasela ziye zahlukahluka phakathi kuka-80 000 no-100 000. Umonakalo owenziwe emikhiqizweni yempi yaseTokyo nawo wawumkhulu. Ukuphikisa kwamaJapane kulokhu kuhlaselwa kwakubuthakathaka; ama-B-29 angu-14 abhujiswa ngenxa yokulwa noma amaphutha emishini kanti amanye angama-42 alimala ngomlilo we-anti-aircraft. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kweTokyo, uhulumeni waseJapane wayala ukuba bonke abafundi bebanga lesithathu kuya kwelesithupha basuswe emadolobheni amakhulu, futhi amaphesenti angu - 87 abo ayesehambile aya emaphandleni ekuqaleni kuka - April. 