>>20552203The US air force killed 40,000 Chinese civilians in Wuhan during WW2
>Bombing of Wuhanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wuhan#Bombing_of_Wuhan>One week before Christmas in 1944, nearly 200 American planes raided the Chinese city of Wuhan. >According to casualty statistics compiled by Hankou city in 1946, more than 20,000 were killed or injured, 7,515 buildings were bombed. Chiang Kai-shek in his diary admitted to 40,000. >LeMay was pleased, declaring this his first experience with firebombing as a tactical weapon to be a successful experiment.>The firebombing of Wuhan drew little attention internationally and was censored in the Chinese press. >Compared with Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin and Qingdao, the destruction in Wuhan was considerably worse.