[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is July 10th?

The day of the US air raid on Sendai (Miyagi Prefecture)

On July 10, 1945 towards the end of World War II the Sendai Air Raid on Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture , reducing the center of Sendai to burnt ruins.

According to U.S. military records, 12,961 incendiary bombs and cluster incendiary bombs, totaling 911.3 tons, were dropped in this air raid, resulting in 1,064 casualties 335 unidentified or missing persons who were presumed to have been victims .

In addition to Sendai, air raids were also carried out on that day in Wakayama, Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Gifu, and Yokkaichi in Mie Prefecture

In December 2021, the "bombing epicenter," air raid, was installed in a corner of the Chris Road shopping district in the center of Sendai, as part of an effort to preserve the memory of the war.

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