USAAF bombs Japan again

14th August 1945: The last bombing mission of the war is also the largest in the Pacific and the longest distance raid

A B-29 Superfortress bomber in 1945.

Following the bombing of Nagasaki on the 9th August, the Japanese government had met several times to discuss surrender. There were sharp divisions within their ranks over whether they should accept the Allied ultimatum or fight on. Since the U.S. was reading all of the Japanese secret diplomatic messages, they had an…