<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuhlasela kokuqala kwalolu hlobo eTokyo kwenzeka ngobusuku bukaFebhuwari 23 kuya ku-24 lapho ama-B-29 angu-174 ebhubhisa cishe indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele amathathu edolobheni. Ukulandela leyo mpumelelo, njengoba Operation Meetinghouse  <response>: Ama-B-29 angu-334 ahlasela ngobusuku bukaMashi 9 kuya ku-10, lapho ama-Superfortress angu-282 afinyelela khona imigomo yawo, alahla amathani angu-1 700 amabhomu. Cishe amakhilomitha-skwele angu-16 41 km2 edolobheni abhujiswa futhi abantu abangaphezu kuka-100 000 balinganiselwa ukuthi bafa kulesi siphepho somlilo. Kwakuwukuhlasela okubhubhisa kakhulu okuvamile, nokuhlasela ngebhomu okubulalayo kakhulu kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo ngokuqondene nokulahlekelwa ukuphila, kuwo wonke umlando wezindiza zempi, ngisho nalapho imisebenzi yaseHiroshima neyaseNagasaki ithathwa njengezenzakalo ezilodwa. Leli dolobha lalakhiwe ikakhulu ngokhuni nephepha, futhi imililo yayishisa ngendlela engalawuleki. Imiphumela yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eTokyo yafakazela ukwesaba okwashiwo u-Admiral Yamamoto ngo-1939: Imizi yaseJapane, njengoba yenziwe ngokhuni nephepha, ingashisa kalula kakhulu. Ibutho Lempi likhuluma kakhulu, kodwa uma impi ingase iqale futhi kube nokuhlaselwa kwezindiza okukhulu, akekho owaziyo ukuthi bekuyokwenzekani. 