“American bombers had spared the castle. They needed it as a reference point for their bombers. Turn right at the castle and you were soon over Osaka’s shipyards. Turn left and you would be over Hiroshima” Hokkaido Highway Blues pg 154
How did Himeji castle survive the wartime bombing?
June 6, 2008 at 11:57 am (Japan FAQs and SAQs, Japanese history, WWII- The Second World War)
Tags: Himeji, Japanese castles, wartime bombing, Hiroshima, Osaka, Will Ferguson
