Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - XX Bomber Command yakatanga mishoni dzokubhururuka mukurwisana neJapan pakati paJune 1944. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwakaitika usiku hwaJune 15/16 apo 75 B-29 dzakatumirwa kunorwisa Imperial Iron and Steel Works
kuYawata kuchamhembe kweKyūshū. Kurwisa uku kwakakonzera kukuvadzwa kuduku uye kwakatora ndege nomwe dzeB-29, asi kwakagamuchira kufukidzwa kwemashoko muUnited States uye kwakaratidza kuvagari veJapan kuti hondo yakanga isiri kufamba zvakanaka. Mauto eJapan akatanga kuwedzera simba rehondo muzvitsuwa zvemumba mushure mekurwiswa kweYawata, uye muna Gumiguru, ndege mazana matatu nemakumi manomwe neshanu dzakapihwa kumatatu emhepo ekudzivirira mweya. Aya mapoka akaramba ari munenge musimba iri kutozosvikira muna March 1945. Arnold akabvisa mutungamiri weXX Bomber Command, Brigadier General Kenneth Wolfe, nguva pfupi mushure mekurwiswa kweYawata paakange asingakwanisi kutevera kurwiswa kweJapan nekuda kwekusagadzikana kwemafuta emafuta pazvigadziko muChina. Kutsiva kwaWolfe kwakanga kuri Major General Curtis LeMay, murwi wehondo weEighth Air Force airwisa mabhomba kuGermany.