<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuthunjwa kweziQhingi zaseMariana ngo-1944 kwavumela amabutho ezempi aseMelika ukuba afinyelele eziqhingini zaseJapane esebenzisa iBoeing B-29 Superfortress. I - U.S. yafaka amabhomu omlilo eTokyo  <response>: ngobusuku buka-March 9 kuya ku-10, 1945, futhi kwabulawa abantu abangaphezu kuka-100 000 ekuqhunyweni kwamabhomu okuvamile okubulala kakhulu emlandweni, okwaziwa ngokuthi Operation Meetinghouse. Ngamahora ambalwa, abantu abangu-100 000 ababeseTokyo kuhlanganise nezakhamuzi babulawa ukuqhuma kwamabhomu noma umlilo owalandela ukuqhuma kwamabhomu ngokuhlaselwa kwamaB-29 angu-325 ebusuku. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwakuhloselwe ukushisa izakhiwo zokhuni futhi empeleni ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwabangela umlilo owakha umoya ongamamitha angu-50 ngomzuzwana ongaqhathaniswa neziphepho. Ingqikithi yamabhomu angu-381.300 afinyelela kumathani angu-1783, asetshenziswa ekuqhumiseni. 