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| Nagoya August 15, 1945 |
The Allied Forces did not just bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, although both are known for being the first and last recipients of atomic bombs. Other Japanese cities were also bombed during WWII.
Maps of those cities were drawn by the First Ministry of
Demobilization, and for the first time are being made available for
public viewing.
The exhibit, called “Record of air raids: General maps of war damage in major cities in Japan,” are available in Tokyo, its neighbor Kawasaki, and Sasebo in Nagasaki. At the capital, the maps are under the custody of the National Archives of Japan
in Chiyoda Ward. Completed in December 1945, measuring 55×40
centimetres, the maps traced from Hokkaido in the north down to
Kagoshima Prefecture in the south.
There were 131 affected cities and
municipalities, including Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo, where the bombings
were mapped using lines with seven shades of red indicating the extent
of damage. Most have overlapped and even extended along the Sumida River
in the eastern capital.
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