History Talk
May 29 @ 7:00 pm
History Talk: The 1945 Fire-Bombing of Yokohama
横浜大空襲
Thursday, May 29, 7:00 PM
Venue: YC&AC Multi-Purpose Room
Speaker: Glenn Scoggins
Eighty years ago, Yokohama was destroyed by one of the deadliest aerial attacks in all of World War II. On May 29, 1945, over 14,000 humans were killed—children, students, housewives, factory and office workers—and the center of the city was laid waste. Wave after wave of war planes dropped thousands of tons of explosives, creating a firestorm that devoured people and property indiscriminately. Only 22 years after the city was devastated by the Great Kantō Earthquake, Yokohama fell victim yet again—not to a natural disaster but to the destructive power of industrialized warfare.
The talk will be in English and will be followed by a Q & A session. To attend, please complete the form below.
Admission to the talk, organized by the Yokohama History Society, is free.