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“For this heavy price, the United States obtained a series of air bases to send swarms of B-29 Superfortressess to decimate the Empire of Japan into a forced surrender.  From Saipan, Guam and Tinian, B-29′s obliterated Japanese cities, one after another, after another, including the firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945.  But even after the Emperor personally inspected the total devastation of Tokyo, he refused to surrender.”