Ahead of the 79th anniversary in 10 days of the Great Tokyo Air Raid, which is said to have killed around 100,000 people, an event was held to tell the story of the tragedy of the air raids.
In the early hours of March 10, 1945, during the final stages of the Pacific War, Tokyo was bombed by American B-29 bombers, causing devastating damage to Tokyo, mainly in its downtown area, and approximately 100,000 people are said to have died.
On the 9th, at an event held by the Tokyo Air Raid and War Damage Data Center in Koto Ward, Tokyo, Shizuyo Takeuchi, who was exposed to an air raid at the age of 14, spoke about her experience in front of approximately 200 participants. Ta.
The air raid shell where she had evacuated with her parents was also engulfed by fire, and she said of the sights she saw while escaping: ``I saw a lot of people burnt to death, but I gradually stopped thinking about anything, and how scary it was to lose my emotions.'' I realized what a real thing it is," he said.
Mr. Takeuchi lost his home and many friends in the air raids, and said, ``It is very precious to be able to live in peace.The year 1945, when the air raids occurred, was also the year that peace began, and I am grateful for the peace that lasted for 79 years. I want it to continue.”
In addition, at the event on the 9th, high school students from Tokyo presented their research on themes such as wartime life and war orphans, and one of the students said, ``I learned about the reality of war that I couldn't understand from school classes alone.'' I think it's up to our generation to spread the word."