Exactly 70 years ago , more than 100,000 people were killed in a Tokyo air strike during the Second World War . Came as U.S. bombers dumped cluster bombs and destroyed a fifth of the Japanese capital in just one night . The attack was more deadly than Nagasaki but received little attention as Tokyo rebuilt itself quickly after the war . In this new age of drone strikes and other forms of precision warfare, it is worth remembering that Japan had been at war with China for nearly half its history before WWII.
Exactly 70 years ago , more than 100,000 people were killed in a Tokyo air strike during the Second World War . Came as U.S. bombers dumped cluster bombs and destroyed a fifth of the Japanese capital in just one night . The attack was more deadly than Nagasaki but received little attention as Tokyo rebuilt itself quickly after the war . New then and now pictures have been released showing how Japan recovered following Second World War .