Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Na farko da bombing harin a cikin wannan yaƙin neman zaɓe <unk> codenamed Operation Meetinghouse
<unk>an aiwatar da shi a kan Tokyo a daren 9/10 Maris, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa shi ne mafi yawan hare-haren iska na yakin. XXI Bomber Command ya yi ƙoƙari sosai, kuma a ranar 9 ga watan Maris 346 B-29s ya bar Marianas zuwa Tokyo. Sun fara isa garin a karfe 2:00 na safe lokacin Guam a ranar 10 ga Maris, kuma 'yan kunar bakin wake 279 sun sauke tan 1,665 na bama-bamai. Harin ya haifar da mummunar tashin hankali wanda ya mamaye tsaron kare lafiyar Tokyo kuma ya lalata gine-gine, wanda ya wakilci kashi bakwai cikin dari na birni. Rundunar 'yan sanda ta Tokyo da sashen kashe gobara sun kiyasta cewa an kashe mutane 83,793 a lokacin harin sama, wasu 40,918 sun ji rauni kuma sama da miliyan sun rasa gidajensu; bayan yakin da aka kiyasta mutuwar a wannan harin ya kasance daga 80,000 zuwa 100,000. Lalacewar da aka yi wa kayan yakin Tokyo ma ta yi yawa. 'Yan adawa na Japan ga wannan harin sun kasance masu rauni; An hallaka B-29s 14 sakamakon sakamakon yaki ko kuskuren inji kuma wasu 42 sun lalace ta hanyar wuta. Bayan harin da aka kai wa Tokyo, gwamnatin Japan ta ba da umurni cewa a kwashe dukan 'yan makaranta a aji na uku zuwa shida daga manyan birane, kuma kashi 87 cikin ɗari sun bar garin zuwa ƙauyuka a farkon watan Afrilu.