Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Army leaders push through the alliance with Germany and Italy, and Yamamoto reluctantly takes command of the fleet that will strike first.
What happened here
The Great Kantō earthquake of 1 September 1923 and its fires destroyed much of Tokyo. As capital of an expanding empire, the city was first hit by the Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942. On the night of 9 to 10 March 1945 American B-29s firebombed it, killing about 100,000 people. Japan signed its surrender in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945, and MacArthur's occupation headquarters followed.
Films and series set in Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
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Battle
Launched from the Hornet too far out, the B-25s drop their bombs on Tokyo knowing they may not have fuel to reach China.
Emperor
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In a bombed-out capital, Fellers interrogates the emperor's former advisers, hunting for proof of what Hirohito knew and did.
The Wind Rises
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On a train to Tokyo, engineering student Jiro helps a young girl and her injured maid through the chaos of a great earthquake.
Midway
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At a reception, naval attaché Edwin Layton is warned by Yamamoto that cutting off Japan's oil would force it into war.
Events at Tokyo
Diplomacy
Japan surrenders
Japanese representatives signed the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, weeks after Emperor Hirohito announced it by radio. The ceremony formally ended the Second World War.
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