<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umlobi uJohn M. Curatola wabhala ukuthi imizwa elwa namaJapane cishe yaba nendima ekuqhunyweni kwamabhomu amasu emadolobheni aseJapane, okwaqala ngoMashi 910, 1945 nge-Operation Meetinghouse  <response>: ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu omlilo eTokyo ngo-August 15, 1945, ngokuzinikela kweJapane. Amadolobha angamashumi ayisithupha nesishiyagalolunye eJapan alahlekelwa izindawo ezibalulekile namakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu abavamile ngenxa yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu omlilo nokuhlaselwa kwezikhali zenuzi ngamabhomu e-United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress phakathi nalesi sikhathi. Ngokusho kukaCuratola nesazi-mlando uJames J. Weingartner, kokubili ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kanye nokuhlaselwa kwezikhali zenuzi kwakuyingxenye yomphumela wokwehliswa kwesithunzi sesitha, kanti owokugcina wathi, Isithombe esisabalele samaJapane njengabantu abangaphansi kwabantu sakha umongo ongokomzwelo owanikeza esinye isizathu sezinqumo ezaholela ekufeni kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane kulo lonke elaseJapane. Ngosuku lwesibili ngemva kokuqhunyiswa kwebhomu eNagasaki, uMongameli uHarry S. Truman wathi: Okuwukuphela kolimi ababonakala belukuqonda yilolo ebesilokhu silusebenzisa lapho sibaqhumisa ngamabhomu. Lapho kufanele ubhekane nesilo kumelwe usiphathe njengesilo. Kuyadabukisa kakhulu kodwa kuyiqiniso. 