Saotome Katsumoto
Biographic Data
| ID | 3787024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saotome Katsumoto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saotome |
| FAMILY NAME | Katsumoto |
| SIGNATURE | KATSUMOTO S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Saotome Katsumoto and the Firebombing of Tokyo
March 10 is the 70th anniversary of the Great Tokyo Air Raid. Although Tokyo was bombed more than 100 times from November 1944 to the end of the war, the firebombing centered on the Shitamachi district in the early hours of March 10, 1945, was by far the most devastating air raid on the capital. In less than three hours from just after midnight, 279 B-29 bombers dropped a total of 1,665 tons of incendiaries. By dawn, more than 100,000 people were…
Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History
Introduction: In this 2009 speech given by a central figure in the decades-long citizen's movement to remember and memorialize the Tokyo air raids, Saotome Katsumoto discusses details of his own experience of the March 10, 1945 firebombing of Japan's capital. He then situates the air raids on Tokyo within the context of twentieth century terror bombing campaigns and Japan's "Fifteen Year War" in Asia.Good afternoon, everyone. I am a novelist from…
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Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History
Introduction: In this 2009 speech given by a central figure in the decades-long citizen's movement to remember and memorialize the Tokyo air raids, Saotome Katsumoto discusses details of his own experience of the March 10, 1945 firebombing of Japan's capital. He then situates the air raids on Tokyo within the context of twentieth century terror bombing campaigns and Japan's "Fifteen Year War" in Asia.Good afternoon, everyone. I am a novelist from…
Saotome Katsumoto and the Firebombing of Tokyo
March 10 is the 70th anniversary of the Great Tokyo Air Raid. Although Tokyo was bombed more than 100 times from November 1944 to the end of the war, the firebombing centered on the Shitamachi district in the early hours of March 10, 1945, was by far the most devastating air raid on the capital. In less than three hours from just after midnight, 279 B-29 bombers dropped a total of 1,665 tons of incendiaries. By dawn, more than 100,000 people were…
Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Operating system (2 works) · RAID (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (1 work) · Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (1 work) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (1 work)