Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan hare-haren farko daga manyan bama-bamai masu tsananin gaske wanda kasa da kashi 10% na bama-bamai suka fadi kusa da manufofin su, sojojin sojan sama na Allied sun sauya zuwa ƙananan hare-haren dare na dare a kan biranen Japan. A daren 9 zuwa 10 ga watan Maris na shekarar 1945, an kona kilomita 16 na tsakiyar birnin Tokyo kuma an kashe dubun dubbai
da sojojin Amurka Air Forces B-29s. (Binciken ya kimanta cewa mutane 88,000 ne suka mutu, yayin da Ma'aikatar kashe gobara ta Tokyo ta kimanta 97,000. Masanin tarihi Richard Rhodes ya kimanta fiye da 100,000, ko da yake ɗan jarida Mark Selden ya ɗauki wannan adadi kaɗan ne.) A cikin kwanaki 10 masu zuwa, an lalata jimlar murabba'in mil 31. Binciken ya lura cewa waɗannan hare-haren ba su da tasiri kai tsaye a kan masana'antu, tare da masana'antun da bam suka buge da ƙarancin raguwa a cikin samarwa fiye da waɗanda ba su yi ba. Koyaya, sun kuma lura cewa samarwa ya ragu da kashi 54% a wannan lokacin saboda tasirin bama-bamai: kisan kai, raunin da aka yi da kuma fitar da ma'aikata da kuma lalata hanyar sufuri. Sun lura da raguwar abinci a cikin abinci, ya sauko daga kimanin calories 2,000 a kowace rana a farkon yakin, zuwa 1,680 ga ma'aikatan masana'antu a lokacin yakin, kuma ƙasa da ma'aikata marasa mahimmanci.