<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kurwisa kwokutanga kworudzi urwu muTokyo kwakaitika usiku hwaFebruary 23-24 apo ndege dzeB-29 174 dzakaparadza nharaunda inenge makiromita matatu eguta racho. Zvichitevera kubudirira ikoko, sezvo  <response>: Operation Meetinghouse, 334 B-29s dzakapamba usiku hwa 9 kusvika 10 Kurume, umo 282 Superforts dzakasvika pazvinangwa zvavo, dzichidonhedza matani 1.700 emabhomba. Anenge makiromita 16 akaenzana 41 km2 eguta akaparadzwa uye vanhu vanopfuura 100 000 vanofungidzirwa kuti vakafa mudutu remoto. Kwakanga kuri kurwisa kwakajairika kunoparadza zvikurusa, uye kurwisa bhomba kwakauraya zvikurusa kworudzi rupi norupi mumashoko oupenyu hwakarasika, munhau yose yendege yechiuto, kunyange apo nhume paHiroshima neNagasaki dzinotorwa sezvinoitika zvoga. Guta racho rakanga rakagadzirwa zvikurukuru namatanda nepepa, uye moto wacho wakapisa zvikuru. Migumisiro yekuputika kwebhomba muTokyo yakaratidza kutya kwakaratidzwa naAdmiral Yamamoto muna 1939: Maguta eJapane, achiitwa nemapuranga nepepa, aizopisa nyore nyore. Mauto anotaura zvinhu zvikuru, asi kana hondo ikauya uye kukava nokurwiswa kukuru nendege, hapana anogona kutaura kuti chii chaizoitika. 