The napalm bombing of Japanese cities remains far less notorious than the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, even though more people died.

The single bloodiest day of World War II was the firebombing of Tokyo — before atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Auerbach was a navigator aboard a B-29 Superfortress and was part of firebombing raids over Tokyo in 1945.

When World War II began in September 1939, the default assumption was that bombing population centers — terrorizing and killing civilians — was beyond the pale. But during the next several years, such ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On Sept. 2, 1945, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz officiated the ...

Gerald Auerbach, who flew in B-29 Superfortress firebombing raids over Japan during World War II and was one of the few veterans of that ere to live for that 100 years, has died, according to ...

Long Islanders who served included a sergeant who flew a record number of bombing missions and soldiers who took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy.