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Curtis LeMay
Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election.
Curtis LeMay is credited with designing and implementing an effective, but also controversial, systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. During the war, he was known for planning and executing a massive bombing campaign against cities in Japan and a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways. After the war, he initiated the Berlin airlift, then reorganized the Strategic Air Command (SAC) into an effective instrument of nuclear war. He served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 until his retirement in 1965.
Early life and career
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Curtis LeMay Starts Firebombing Tokyo - War Against Humanity 123
Curtis LeMay orders his B-29s to begin the firebombing of Japanese cities. This begins a campaign that will destroy the Japanese economy but leave hundreds of thousands dead. Meanwhile, the radicalisation of Japanese society continues at all levels as the Kamikaze suicide-pilots attack Allied warships and school-children build vengeance weapons. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.fa...
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Curtis LeMay, The American Air Force General That Implemented Strategic Bombing
Curtis LeMay is famously the American Air Force General that implemented strategic bombing during WWII. Curtis Emerson LeMay was born on November 15, 1906. LeMay joined the United States Army Air Corps, the precursor to the United States Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the United States' subsequent entry into World War II. He commanded the 305th Operations Group from October 1942 until September 1943, and the 3rd Air Division in the European theatre of World War II until August 1944, when he was transferred to the China Burma India Theater. He was then placed in command of strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a mass...
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Columbus Neighborhoods: The Story of Curtis LeMay
Local historian Ed Lentz tells us about Columbus native Curtis LeMay, who was credited with designing and implementing a strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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Us Air Strength Aka Air Force Puts On Show For President Kennedy (1962)
Title reads: "US Air Strength". US Air Force puts on show for President Kennedy, Florida, United States of America (USA). Panning shot President John F. Kennedy (JFK) arriving at the Elgin Air Force Base. L/S USAF men on stand. M/S Mr. Kennedy sitting with General Curtis Lemay. C/U Vice President Lyndon Johnson sitting with Air Secretary Zuckert. Panning shot as group of fighters sweep past camera in formation, they drop a load of napalm bombs which explode in wall of fire. C/U President Kennedy. Panning L/S fighters refuelling from tanker planes. M/S President Kennedy. M/S dummy plane flying over base. L/S fighters tracking plane; the four fighters fire rocket which stream after the dummy plane. L/S as the rockets hit the plane. FILM ID:1703.3 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH...
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
Join historian James Scott for a discussion of his book about the controversial firebombing of Tokyo on March 9, 1945. Seven minutes past midnight on March 9, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a more than 1,800-degree firestorm that liquefied asphalt and vaporized thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night, and describes the development of the B-29, the capture of the Marianas for use as airfields, and the c...
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb With James M. Scott Part of Aviation and Naval Battles in the Pacific Week More Strategic Bombing content on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCw1ePdNmMS8SE580Qu2idk Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose the war, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James...
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Forgotten Figures: Curtis LeMay
Forgotten Figures Curtis LeMay: American General of the Army Air Corps/US Air Force. Pioneered several different tactics for bomber runs during World War 2 as well as advocating for nuclear weapons.
published: 27 Oct 2023 -
Brutal Facts About General Curtis LeMay
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DicKtionary - A is for Air Force - Curtis LeMay
A is for Air Force, you know that of course And we turn to the states to look at the dates When the man in command, that some couldn’t stand Is our hero today, General Curtis LeMay. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Like TimeGhost on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhost-1667151356690693/ Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell Based on a concept by Astrid Deinhard and Indy Neidell Produced by: Spartacus Olsson and Astrid Deinhard Executive Producers: Bodo Rittenauer, Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Camera and Edit by: Spartacus Olsson A TimeGhost historical documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH
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Curtis LeMay - Legends of AirPower 108
General Curtis Emerson LeMay - Was always the best bombardier, best navigator, and the best pilot in his unit. General LeMay developed the tactics to win wars from the air. He led the way as the Army Air Force smashed Germany, then Japan, achieving victory in World War II. Fifty-two men and women who made America's air power the most respected in the world are profiled in this award-winning series. The series, made in the year 2000, features exclusive interviews with Legends such as Chuck Yeager, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, and Paul Tibbetts. Spanning the first century of flight, Legends of Airpower effortlessly relates the life and times of these heroes. Connect with us: http://3roads.com/ https://www.facebook.com/threeroadscommunications https://twitter.com/3RoadsComm https://www.instagra...
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Curtis LeMay Starts Firebombing Tokyo - War Against Humanity 123
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Curtis LeMay orders his B-29s to begin the firebombing of Japanese cities. This begins a campaign that will destroy the Japanese economy but leave hundreds of t...
Curtis LeMay orders his B-29s to begin the firebombing of Japanese cities. This begins a campaign that will destroy the Japanese economy but leave hundreds of thousands dead. Meanwhile, the radicalisation of Japanese society continues at all levels as the Kamikaze suicide-pilots attack Allied warships and school-children build vengeance weapons.
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0:50 Recap of the air war over Japan
3:04 First B-29 missions from the Marianas
5:23 Weakness of Japanese air and civil defence
08:56 Radicalisation of Japanese society under the bombs
10:35 Kamikazes
13:40 America changes leadership and strategy
17:29 Conclusion
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Curtis LeMay orders his B-29s to begin the firebombing of Japanese cities. This begins a campaign that will destroy the Japanese economy but leave hundreds of thousands dead. Meanwhile, the radicalisation of Japanese society continues at all levels as the Kamikaze suicide-pilots attack Allied warships and school-children build vengeance weapons.
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Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory
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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Ian Sowden
Written by: Gaby Pearce, James Newman, Spartacus Olsson
Research by: Gaby Pearce, James Newman
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
Daniel Weiss
0:50 Recap of the air war over Japan
3:04 First B-29 missions from the Marianas
5:23 Weakness of Japanese air and civil defence
08:56 Radicalisation of Japanese society under the bombs
10:35 Kamikazes
13:40 America changes leadership and strategy
17:29 Conclusion
Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources
Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com
Image sources:
National Archives NARA
Naval History and Heritage Command
Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound
A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.
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Curtis LeMay, The American Air Force General That Implemented Strategic Bombing
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Curtis LeMay is famously the American Air Force General that implemented strategic bombing during WWII.
Curtis Emerson LeMay was born on November 15, 1906.
LeMa...
Curtis LeMay is famously the American Air Force General that implemented strategic bombing during WWII.
Curtis Emerson LeMay was born on November 15, 1906.
LeMay joined the United States Army Air Corps, the precursor to the United States Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the United States' subsequent entry into World War II. He commanded the 305th Operations Group from October 1942 until September 1943, and the 3rd Air Division in the European theatre of World War II until August 1944, when he was transferred to the China Burma India Theater. He was then placed in command of strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a massive firebombing campaign against Japanese cities and Operation Starvation, a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways.
After the war, he was assigned to command USAF Europe and coordinated the Berlin Airlift. He served as commander of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1948 to 1957, where he presided over the transition to an all-jet aircraft force that had a strong emphasis on the delivery of nuclear weapons in the event of war. As Chief of Staff of the Air Force, he called for the bombing of Cuban missile sites during the Cuban Missile Crisis and sought a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
After retiring from the Air Force in 1965, LeMay agreed to serve as pro-segregation Alabama Governor George Wallace's running mate on the far-right American Independent Party ticket in the 1968 United States presidential election. The ticket won 13.5% of the popular vote, a strong tally for a third-party campaign, but the Wallace campaign came to see LeMay as a liability. After the election, LeMay retired to his home in Newport Beach, California, and died in 1990 at age 83.
Early life
Lieutenant Curtis LeMay in 1929
LeMay was born in Columbus, Ohio, on November 15, 1906. LeMay was of English and distant French Huguenot heritage. His father, Erving Edwin LeMay, was at times an ironworker and general handyman, but he never held a job longer than a few months. His mother, Arizona Dove (née Carpenter) LeMay,did her best to hold her family together. With very limited income, his family moved around the country as his father looked for work, going as far as Montana and California. Eventually, they returned to his native city of Columbus. LeMay attended Columbus public schools, graduated from Columbus South High School, and studied civil engineering at The Ohio State University. Working his way through college, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. While at Ohio State he was a member of the National Society of Pershing Rifles and the Professional Engineering Fraternity Theta Tau.
LeMay was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve in October 1929. He received a regular commission in the United States Army Air Corps in January 1930. While finishing at Ohio State, he took flight training at Norton Field in Columbus, in 1931–32. On June 9, 1934, he married Helen Maitland.
In 1938, three B-17s (one navigated by Lt. LeMay) intercept the Italian liner SS Rex 620 nm at sea
LeMay became a pursuit pilot with his first duty station at Selfridge Field with the 27th Pursuit Squadron. After having served in various assignments in fighter operations, LeMay transferred to bomber aircraft in 1937. While stationed in Hawaii, he became one of the first members of the Air Corps to receive specialized training in aerial navigation. In August 1937, as a navigator under pilot and commander Caleb V. Haynes on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, he helped locate the battleship Utah despite being given the wrong coordinates by Navy personnel, in exercises held in misty conditions off California, after which the group of B-17s bombed it with water bombs. In March 1938, LeMay as a member of the 2nd Bombardment Group participated in a goodwill flight to Buenos Aires. For this flight, the 2nd Bombardment Group was awarded the Mackay Trophy in 1939. For Haynes again, in May 1938 he navigated three B-17s 620 nmi (710 mi; 1,150 km) over the Atlantic Ocean to intercept the Italian liner SS Rex to illustrate the ability of land-based airpower to defend the American coasts. In 1940 he was the navigator for Haynes on the prototype Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber, flying a survey from Panama over the Galapagos islands By the end of 1940, he was stationed at Westover Air Reserve Base, as the operations officer of the 34th Bombardment Group. War brought rapid promotion and increased responsibility.
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https://wn.com/Curtis_Lemay,_The_American_Air_Force_General_That_Implemented_Strategic_Bombing
Curtis LeMay is famously the American Air Force General that implemented strategic bombing during WWII.
Curtis Emerson LeMay was born on November 15, 1906.
LeMay joined the United States Army Air Corps, the precursor to the United States Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the United States' subsequent entry into World War II. He commanded the 305th Operations Group from October 1942 until September 1943, and the 3rd Air Division in the European theatre of World War II until August 1944, when he was transferred to the China Burma India Theater. He was then placed in command of strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a massive firebombing campaign against Japanese cities and Operation Starvation, a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways.
After the war, he was assigned to command USAF Europe and coordinated the Berlin Airlift. He served as commander of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1948 to 1957, where he presided over the transition to an all-jet aircraft force that had a strong emphasis on the delivery of nuclear weapons in the event of war. As Chief of Staff of the Air Force, he called for the bombing of Cuban missile sites during the Cuban Missile Crisis and sought a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
After retiring from the Air Force in 1965, LeMay agreed to serve as pro-segregation Alabama Governor George Wallace's running mate on the far-right American Independent Party ticket in the 1968 United States presidential election. The ticket won 13.5% of the popular vote, a strong tally for a third-party campaign, but the Wallace campaign came to see LeMay as a liability. After the election, LeMay retired to his home in Newport Beach, California, and died in 1990 at age 83.
Early life
Lieutenant Curtis LeMay in 1929
LeMay was born in Columbus, Ohio, on November 15, 1906. LeMay was of English and distant French Huguenot heritage. His father, Erving Edwin LeMay, was at times an ironworker and general handyman, but he never held a job longer than a few months. His mother, Arizona Dove (née Carpenter) LeMay,did her best to hold her family together. With very limited income, his family moved around the country as his father looked for work, going as far as Montana and California. Eventually, they returned to his native city of Columbus. LeMay attended Columbus public schools, graduated from Columbus South High School, and studied civil engineering at The Ohio State University. Working his way through college, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. While at Ohio State he was a member of the National Society of Pershing Rifles and the Professional Engineering Fraternity Theta Tau.
LeMay was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve in October 1929. He received a regular commission in the United States Army Air Corps in January 1930. While finishing at Ohio State, he took flight training at Norton Field in Columbus, in 1931–32. On June 9, 1934, he married Helen Maitland.
In 1938, three B-17s (one navigated by Lt. LeMay) intercept the Italian liner SS Rex 620 nm at sea
LeMay became a pursuit pilot with his first duty station at Selfridge Field with the 27th Pursuit Squadron. After having served in various assignments in fighter operations, LeMay transferred to bomber aircraft in 1937. While stationed in Hawaii, he became one of the first members of the Air Corps to receive specialized training in aerial navigation. In August 1937, as a navigator under pilot and commander Caleb V. Haynes on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, he helped locate the battleship Utah despite being given the wrong coordinates by Navy personnel, in exercises held in misty conditions off California, after which the group of B-17s bombed it with water bombs. In March 1938, LeMay as a member of the 2nd Bombardment Group participated in a goodwill flight to Buenos Aires. For this flight, the 2nd Bombardment Group was awarded the Mackay Trophy in 1939. For Haynes again, in May 1938 he navigated three B-17s 620 nmi (710 mi; 1,150 km) over the Atlantic Ocean to intercept the Italian liner SS Rex to illustrate the ability of land-based airpower to defend the American coasts. In 1940 he was the navigator for Haynes on the prototype Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber, flying a survey from Panama over the Galapagos islands By the end of 1940, he was stationed at Westover Air Reserve Base, as the operations officer of the 34th Bombardment Group. War brought rapid promotion and increased responsibility.
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- published: 29 Jul 2023
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Columbus Neighborhoods: The Story of Curtis LeMay
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Local historian Ed Lentz tells us about Columbus native Curtis LeMay, who was credited with designing and implementing a strategic bombing campaign in the Pacif...
Local historian Ed Lentz tells us about Columbus native Curtis LeMay, who was credited with designing and implementing a strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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Local historian Ed Lentz tells us about Columbus native Curtis LeMay, who was credited with designing and implementing a strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II.
- published: 04 Nov 2016
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Us Air Strength Aka Air Force Puts On Show For President Kennedy (1962)
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Title reads: "US Air Strength".
US Air Force puts on show for President Kennedy, Florida, United States of America (USA).
Panning shot President John F. K...
Title reads: "US Air Strength".
US Air Force puts on show for President Kennedy, Florida, United States of America (USA).
Panning shot President John F. Kennedy (JFK) arriving at the Elgin Air Force Base. L/S USAF men on stand. M/S Mr. Kennedy sitting with General Curtis Lemay. C/U Vice President Lyndon Johnson sitting with Air Secretary Zuckert.
Panning shot as group of fighters sweep past camera in formation, they drop a load of napalm bombs which explode in wall of fire. C/U President Kennedy. Panning L/S fighters refuelling from tanker planes. M/S President Kennedy. M/S dummy plane flying over base. L/S fighters tracking plane; the four fighters fire rocket which stream after the dummy plane. L/S as the rockets hit the plane.
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Title reads: "US Air Strength".
US Air Force puts on show for President Kennedy, Florida, United States of America (USA).
Panning shot President John F. Kennedy (JFK) arriving at the Elgin Air Force Base. L/S USAF men on stand. M/S Mr. Kennedy sitting with General Curtis Lemay. C/U Vice President Lyndon Johnson sitting with Air Secretary Zuckert.
Panning shot as group of fighters sweep past camera in formation, they drop a load of napalm bombs which explode in wall of fire. C/U President Kennedy. Panning L/S fighters refuelling from tanker planes. M/S President Kennedy. M/S dummy plane flying over base. L/S fighters tracking plane; the four fighters fire rocket which stream after the dummy plane. L/S as the rockets hit the plane.
FILM ID:1703.3
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
- published: 13 Apr 2014
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
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Join historian James Scott for a discussion of his book about the controversial firebombing of Tokyo on March 9, 1945.
Seven minutes past midnight on March 9...
Join historian James Scott for a discussion of his book about the controversial firebombing of Tokyo on March 9, 1945.
Seven minutes past midnight on March 9, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a more than 1,800-degree firestorm that liquefied asphalt and vaporized thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night, and describes the development of the B-29, the capture of the Marianas for use as airfields, and the change in strategy from high-altitude daylight “precision” bombing to low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing. Most importantly, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first-time commanders deliberately targeted civilians―which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
James M. Scott is the author of several books on World War II, including Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita; and, most recently, Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb.
The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.
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Join historian James Scott for a discussion of his book about the controversial firebombing of Tokyo on March 9, 1945.
Seven minutes past midnight on March 9, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a more than 1,800-degree firestorm that liquefied asphalt and vaporized thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night, and describes the development of the B-29, the capture of the Marianas for use as airfields, and the change in strategy from high-altitude daylight “precision” bombing to low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing. Most importantly, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first-time commanders deliberately targeted civilians―which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
James M. Scott is the author of several books on World War II, including Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita; and, most recently, Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb.
The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.
- published: 22 Sep 2022
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
With James M. Scott
Part of Aviation and Naval Battles in the Pacific Week
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
With James M. Scott
Part of Aviation and Naval Battles in the Pacific Week
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Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.
Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose the war, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott will talk abut that horrific night, and how, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first time commanders deliberately targeted civilians which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
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Our guest today is James M Scott, a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and the author most recently of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb, from which this article is adapted. His previous books include Rampage, which was named one of the best books of the year by the editors at Amazon, Kirkus, and Military Times, and Target Tokyo, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist in History. Other works include The War Below and The Attack on the Liberty, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Excellence in Naval Literature.
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Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.
Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose the war, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott will talk abut that horrific night, and how, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first time commanders deliberately targeted civilians which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
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Our guest today is James M Scott, a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and the author most recently of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb, from which this article is adapted. His previous books include Rampage, which was named one of the best books of the year by the editors at Amazon, Kirkus, and Military Times, and Target Tokyo, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist in History. Other works include The War Below and The Attack on the Liberty, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Excellence in Naval Literature.
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Forgotten Figures: Curtis LeMay
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Forgotten Figures Curtis LeMay: American General of the Army Air Corps/US Air Force. Pioneered several different tactics for bomber runs during World War 2 as w...
Forgotten Figures Curtis LeMay: American General of the Army Air Corps/US Air Force. Pioneered several different tactics for bomber runs during World War 2 as well as advocating for nuclear weapons.
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Forgotten Figures Curtis LeMay: American General of the Army Air Corps/US Air Force. Pioneered several different tactics for bomber runs during World War 2 as well as advocating for nuclear weapons.
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15:59
Brutal Facts About General Curtis LeMay
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7. He Was a Vice Presidential Candidate For The Racist Segregationist George Wallace
6. He Orchestrated The Firebombing Of Tokyo, And Personally Encouraged Napalm
5. He Suggested Nukes In Vietnam And Ruined His And Wallace’s Chances At The Election
4. He Was Willing To Lead From The Front, And Would Court Martial Immediately For Cowardice
3. LeMay Foresaw Being Tried For War Crimes If The USA Lost — He Knew He Was Doing Wrong
2. If General LeMay Had Had His Way, The Cuban Missile Crisis Would Have Ended In Disaster
1. General LeMay Simply Knew No Other Way Of War Apart From Demolishing Everything
Source/Further reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2NUV7Lf2yY
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Curtis_LeMay_(USAF).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curtis_LeMay_1940s.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3_0D2h8BY
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Atomic_bombing_of_Japan.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shigemitsu-signs-surrender.jpg
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1995/07/was-it-right/376364/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norstad,_LeMay,_Power.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QUYgJrDkEU
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeMay,O%27Donnel,Arnold,Giles.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2H_rAqkxo
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/15/commentary/tokyo-firebombing-and-unfinished-u-s-business/#.XoxNmur7Rpg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-u-s-won-world-war-ii-without-invading-japan-11583698141
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Korean_War_bombing_Wonsan.jpg
https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Korean_War,_train_attack.jpg
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/unknown-to-most-americans-the-us-totally-destroyed-north-korea-once-before-1.3227633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTlbhcksugk&t=144s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wFrXKanC0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_War_US_Propaganda_Leaflet_No.1004_(front).JPG
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:M20_75_mm_recoilless_rifle_korean_war.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallacenasa-drop.gif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_at_University_of_Alabama_edit2.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/2115038626
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:George_C_Wallace_(Alabama_Governor).png
https://www.timecoverstore.com/content/images/thumbs/0008554_curtis-lemay-george-wallace.jpeg
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/10/02/Air-Force-general-VP-candidate-Curtis-LeMay-dies/9233654840000/
http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/09/22/tokyo-hiroshima/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firebombing_of_Tokyo.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo-TokyoAriRaids-1945-3-10-Destroyed_Chikatetsu_Building_Kaminarimon_Nakamise.png
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9. The Massive Bombing Campaign He Orchestrated Against Populated Cities
8. His Brutality In North Korea May Be A Big Reason They Still Hate Us To This Day
7. He Was a Vice Presidential Candidate For The Racist Segregationist George Wallace
6. He Orchestrated The Firebombing Of Tokyo, And Personally Encouraged Napalm
5. He Suggested Nukes In Vietnam And Ruined His And Wallace’s Chances At The Election
4. He Was Willing To Lead From The Front, And Would Court Martial Immediately For Cowardice
3. LeMay Foresaw Being Tried For War Crimes If The USA Lost — He Knew He Was Doing Wrong
2. If General LeMay Had Had His Way, The Cuban Missile Crisis Would Have Ended In Disaster
1. General LeMay Simply Knew No Other Way Of War Apart From Demolishing Everything
Source/Further reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2NUV7Lf2yY
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Curtis_LeMay_(USAF).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curtis_LeMay_1940s.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3_0D2h8BY
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Atomic_bombing_of_Japan.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shigemitsu-signs-surrender.jpg
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1995/07/was-it-right/376364/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norstad,_LeMay,_Power.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QUYgJrDkEU
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeMay,O%27Donnel,Arnold,Giles.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2H_rAqkxo
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/15/commentary/tokyo-firebombing-and-unfinished-u-s-business/#.XoxNmur7Rpg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-u-s-won-world-war-ii-without-invading-japan-11583698141
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Korean_War_bombing_Wonsan.jpg
https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Korean_War,_train_attack.jpg
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/unknown-to-most-americans-the-us-totally-destroyed-north-korea-once-before-1.3227633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTlbhcksugk&t=144s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wFrXKanC0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_War_US_Propaganda_Leaflet_No.1004_(front).JPG
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:M20_75_mm_recoilless_rifle_korean_war.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallacenasa-drop.gif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_at_University_of_Alabama_edit2.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/2115038626
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:George_C_Wallace_(Alabama_Governor).png
https://www.timecoverstore.com/content/images/thumbs/0008554_curtis-lemay-george-wallace.jpeg
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/10/02/Air-Force-general-VP-candidate-Curtis-LeMay-dies/9233654840000/
http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/09/22/tokyo-hiroshima/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firebombing_of_Tokyo.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo-TokyoAriRaids-1945-3-10-Destroyed_Chikatetsu_Building_Kaminarimon_Nakamise.png
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DicKtionary - A is for Air Force - Curtis LeMay
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A is for Air Force, you know that of course
And we turn to the states to look at the dates
When the man in command, that some couldn’t stand
Is our hero toda...
A is for Air Force, you know that of course
And we turn to the states to look at the dates
When the man in command, that some couldn’t stand
Is our hero today, General Curtis LeMay.
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A is for Air Force, you know that of course
And we turn to the states to look at the dates
When the man in command, that some couldn’t stand
Is our hero today, General Curtis LeMay.
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23:00
Curtis LeMay - Legends of AirPower 108
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General Curtis Emerson LeMay - Was always the best bombardier, best navigator, and the best pilot in his unit. General LeMay developed the tactics to win wars f...
General Curtis Emerson LeMay - Was always the best bombardier, best navigator, and the best pilot in his unit. General LeMay developed the tactics to win wars from the air. He led the way as the Army Air Force smashed Germany, then Japan, achieving victory in World War II.
Fifty-two men and women who made America's air power the most respected in the world are profiled in this award-winning series. The series, made in the year 2000, features exclusive interviews with Legends such as Chuck Yeager, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, and Paul Tibbetts. Spanning the first century of flight, Legends of Airpower effortlessly relates the life and times of these heroes.
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General Curtis Emerson LeMay - Was always the best bombardier, best navigator, and the best pilot in his unit. General LeMay developed the tactics to win wars from the air. He led the way as the Army Air Force smashed Germany, then Japan, achieving victory in World War II.
Fifty-two men and women who made America's air power the most respected in the world are profiled in this award-winning series. The series, made in the year 2000, features exclusive interviews with Legends such as Chuck Yeager, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, and Paul Tibbetts. Spanning the first century of flight, Legends of Airpower effortlessly relates the life and times of these heroes.
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19:29
Curtis LeMay Starts Firebombing Tokyo - War Against Humanity 123
Curtis LeMay orders his B-29s to begin the firebombing of Japanese cities. This begins a c...
published: 29 Dec 2023
Curtis LeMay Starts Firebombing Tokyo - War Against Humanity 123
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Curtis LeMay orders his B-29s to begin the firebombing of Japanese cities. This begins a campaign that will destroy the Japanese economy but leave hundreds of thousands dead. Meanwhile, the radicalisation of Japanese society continues at all levels as the Kamikaze suicide-pilots attack Allied warships and school-children build vengeance weapons.
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0:50 Recap of the air war over Japan
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5:23 Weakness of Japanese air and civil defence
08:56 Radicalisation of Japanese society under the bombs
10:35 Kamikazes
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Curtis LeMay, The American Air Force General That Implemented Strategic Bombing
Curtis LeMay is famously the American Air Force General that implemented strategic bombing...
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Curtis LeMay, The American Air Force General That Implemented Strategic Bombing
Curtis LeMay, The American Air Force General That Implemented Strategic Bombing
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Curtis LeMay is famously the American Air Force General that implemented strategic bombing during WWII.
Curtis Emerson LeMay was born on November 15, 1906.
LeMay joined the United States Army Air Corps, the precursor to the United States Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the United States' subsequent entry into World War II. He commanded the 305th Operations Group from October 1942 until September 1943, and the 3rd Air Division in the European theatre of World War II until August 1944, when he was transferred to the China Burma India Theater. He was then placed in command of strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a massive firebombing campaign against Japanese cities and Operation Starvation, a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways.
After the war, he was assigned to command USAF Europe and coordinated the Berlin Airlift. He served as commander of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1948 to 1957, where he presided over the transition to an all-jet aircraft force that had a strong emphasis on the delivery of nuclear weapons in the event of war. As Chief of Staff of the Air Force, he called for the bombing of Cuban missile sites during the Cuban Missile Crisis and sought a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
After retiring from the Air Force in 1965, LeMay agreed to serve as pro-segregation Alabama Governor George Wallace's running mate on the far-right American Independent Party ticket in the 1968 United States presidential election. The ticket won 13.5% of the popular vote, a strong tally for a third-party campaign, but the Wallace campaign came to see LeMay as a liability. After the election, LeMay retired to his home in Newport Beach, California, and died in 1990 at age 83.
Early life
Lieutenant Curtis LeMay in 1929
LeMay was born in Columbus, Ohio, on November 15, 1906. LeMay was of English and distant French Huguenot heritage. His father, Erving Edwin LeMay, was at times an ironworker and general handyman, but he never held a job longer than a few months. His mother, Arizona Dove (née Carpenter) LeMay,did her best to hold her family together. With very limited income, his family moved around the country as his father looked for work, going as far as Montana and California. Eventually, they returned to his native city of Columbus. LeMay attended Columbus public schools, graduated from Columbus South High School, and studied civil engineering at The Ohio State University. Working his way through college, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. While at Ohio State he was a member of the National Society of Pershing Rifles and the Professional Engineering Fraternity Theta Tau.
LeMay was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve in October 1929. He received a regular commission in the United States Army Air Corps in January 1930. While finishing at Ohio State, he took flight training at Norton Field in Columbus, in 1931–32. On June 9, 1934, he married Helen Maitland.
In 1938, three B-17s (one navigated by Lt. LeMay) intercept the Italian liner SS Rex 620 nm at sea
LeMay became a pursuit pilot with his first duty station at Selfridge Field with the 27th Pursuit Squadron. After having served in various assignments in fighter operations, LeMay transferred to bomber aircraft in 1937. While stationed in Hawaii, he became one of the first members of the Air Corps to receive specialized training in aerial navigation. In August 1937, as a navigator under pilot and commander Caleb V. Haynes on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, he helped locate the battleship Utah despite being given the wrong coordinates by Navy personnel, in exercises held in misty conditions off California, after which the group of B-17s bombed it with water bombs. In March 1938, LeMay as a member of the 2nd Bombardment Group participated in a goodwill flight to Buenos Aires. For this flight, the 2nd Bombardment Group was awarded the Mackay Trophy in 1939. For Haynes again, in May 1938 he navigated three B-17s 620 nmi (710 mi; 1,150 km) over the Atlantic Ocean to intercept the Italian liner SS Rex to illustrate the ability of land-based airpower to defend the American coasts. In 1940 he was the navigator for Haynes on the prototype Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber, flying a survey from Panama over the Galapagos islands By the end of 1940, he was stationed at Westover Air Reserve Base, as the operations officer of the 34th Bombardment Group. War brought rapid promotion and increased responsibility.
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Columbus Neighborhoods: The Story of Curtis LeMay
Local historian Ed Lentz tells us about Columbus native Curtis LeMay, who was credited wit...
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Columbus Neighborhoods: The Story of Curtis LeMay
Columbus Neighborhoods: The Story of Curtis LeMay
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Local historian Ed Lentz tells us about Columbus native Curtis LeMay, who was credited with designing and implementing a strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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Us Air Strength Aka Air Force Puts On Show For President Kennedy (1962)
Title reads: "US Air Strength".
US Air Force puts on show for President Kennedy, Florid...
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Us Air Strength Aka Air Force Puts On Show For President Kennedy (1962)
Us Air Strength Aka Air Force Puts On Show For President Kennedy (1962)
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Title reads: "US Air Strength".
US Air Force puts on show for President Kennedy, Florida, United States of America (USA).
Panning shot President John F. Kennedy (JFK) arriving at the Elgin Air Force Base. L/S USAF men on stand. M/S Mr. Kennedy sitting with General Curtis Lemay. C/U Vice President Lyndon Johnson sitting with Air Secretary Zuckert.
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
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Join historian James Scott for a discussion of his book about the controversial firebombing of Tokyo on March 9, 1945.
Seven minutes past midnight on March 9, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a more than 1,800-degree firestorm that liquefied asphalt and vaporized thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night, and describes the development of the B-29, the capture of the Marianas for use as airfields, and the change in strategy from high-altitude daylight “precision” bombing to low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing. Most importantly, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first-time commanders deliberately targeted civilians―which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
James M. Scott is the author of several books on World War II, including Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita; and, most recently, Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb.
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
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Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.
Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose the war, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott will talk abut that horrific night, and how, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first time commanders deliberately targeted civilians which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
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Our guest today is James M Scott, a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and the author most recently of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb, from which this article is adapted. His previous books include Rampage, which was named one of the best books of the year by the editors at Amazon, Kirkus, and Military Times, and Target Tokyo, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist in History. Other works include The War Below and The Attack on the Liberty, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Excellence in Naval Literature.
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Forgotten Figures: Curtis LeMay
Forgotten Figures Curtis LeMay: American General of the Army Air Corps/US Air Force. Pione...
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Forgotten Figures Curtis LeMay: American General of the Army Air Corps/US Air Force. Pioneered several different tactics for bomber runs during World War 2 as well as advocating for nuclear weapons.
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Brutal Facts About General Curtis LeMay
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10. His Unending Brutality May Be A Big Reason The USA Used The Atomic Bomb
9. The Massive Bombing Campaign He Orchestrated Against Populated Cities
8. His Brutality In North Korea May Be A Big Reason They Still Hate Us To This Day
7. He Was a Vice Presidential Candidate For The Racist Segregationist George Wallace
6. He Orchestrated The Firebombing Of Tokyo, And Personally Encouraged Napalm
5. He Suggested Nukes In Vietnam And Ruined His And Wallace’s Chances At The Election
4. He Was Willing To Lead From The Front, And Would Court Martial Immediately For Cowardice
3. LeMay Foresaw Being Tried For War Crimes If The USA Lost — He Knew He Was Doing Wrong
2. If General LeMay Had Had His Way, The Cuban Missile Crisis Would Have Ended In Disaster
1. General LeMay Simply Knew No Other Way Of War Apart From Demolishing Everything
Source/Further reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2NUV7Lf2yY
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Curtis_LeMay_(USAF).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curtis_LeMay_1940s.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3_0D2h8BY
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Atomic_bombing_of_Japan.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shigemitsu-signs-surrender.jpg
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1995/07/was-it-right/376364/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norstad,_LeMay,_Power.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QUYgJrDkEU
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeMay,O%27Donnel,Arnold,Giles.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2H_rAqkxo
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/15/commentary/tokyo-firebombing-and-unfinished-u-s-business/#.XoxNmur7Rpg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-u-s-won-world-war-ii-without-invading-japan-11583698141
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Korean_War_bombing_Wonsan.jpg
https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Korean_War,_train_attack.jpg
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/unknown-to-most-americans-the-us-totally-destroyed-north-korea-once-before-1.3227633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTlbhcksugk&t=144s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wFrXKanC0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_War_US_Propaganda_Leaflet_No.1004_(front).JPG
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:M20_75_mm_recoilless_rifle_korean_war.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallacenasa-drop.gif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_at_University_of_Alabama_edit2.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/2115038626
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:George_C_Wallace_(Alabama_Governor).png
https://www.timecoverstore.com/content/images/thumbs/0008554_curtis-lemay-george-wallace.jpeg
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/10/02/Air-Force-general-VP-candidate-Curtis-LeMay-dies/9233654840000/
http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/09/22/tokyo-hiroshima/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firebombing_of_Tokyo.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo-TokyoAriRaids-1945-3-10-Destroyed_Chikatetsu_Building_Kaminarimon_Nakamise.png
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DicKtionary - A is for Air Force - Curtis LeMay
A is for Air Force, you know that of course
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A is for Air Force, you know that of course
And we turn to the states to look at the dates
When the man in command, that some couldn’t stand
Is our hero today, General Curtis LeMay.
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Curtis LeMay - Legends of AirPower 108
General Curtis Emerson LeMay - Was always the best bombardier, best navigator, and the bes...
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General Curtis Emerson LeMay - Was always the best bombardier, best navigator, and the best pilot in his unit. General LeMay developed the tactics to win wars from the air. He led the way as the Army Air Force smashed Germany, then Japan, achieving victory in World War II.
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Curtis LeMay
Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election.
Curtis LeMay is credited with designing and implementing an effective, but also controversial, systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. During the war, he was known for planning and executing a massive bombing campaign against cities in Japan and a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways. After the war, he initiated the Berlin airlift, then reorganized the Strategic Air Command (SAC) into an effective instrument of nuclear war. He served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 until his retirement in 1965.
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