"Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:BB2B7991.41B4%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
> On the way home I noticed a poster about a memorial ceremony on the
> anniversary of Gifu being carpet bombed in WWII. It shows a photograph
that
> shows the town leveled as if it were Hiroshima. Anyone know the history of
> all this?

Contrary to what one might think today, just about every major (and even
bum-f**ked in the case of Gifu) city outside of Kyoto was pretty much
flattened by bombing.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom