Many of the great shrines, tempels and castles in Japan have burned down at some point in history. Be it through lightning, earthquakes or humans during strife such as the Onin war. As an example, between 960 and 1227, 16 fires had broken out in the Kyoto imperial palace.
Time and time again, many of these great works were rebuilt, and can still be admired today.
Far_Ladder_2836 on
Interestingly enough both Gen Eisenhower and Adm Leahy not only argued against using The Bomb on Japan but felt that, once they lost their ability to project into the Pacific, the oil embargo was enough to defeat Japan without invasion. In fact only really Douglass MacArthur was heavily in favor of its use and we all know he was so nuke happy he famously got removed fired for trying to nuke China.
Edit: Thought the post was about firebombings During WW2. Leaving it cuz I find it not well known.
Background_Bee_713 on
I think Curtis LeMay showed us that many of Japan’s cities were quite flammable
analoggi_d0ggi on
Its even funnier when you look up on how Kyoto’s urban planning was inspired by the most famous of Chinese capitals: Chang’an…which also burned down a lot in power struggles throughout Chinese history.
EtherealPheonix on
Hang on, is Japanese wood construction so good because the fire gives them way too much practice.
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Many of the great shrines, tempels and castles in Japan have burned down at some point in history. Be it through lightning, earthquakes or humans during strife such as the Onin war. As an example, between 960 and 1227, 16 fires had broken out in the Kyoto imperial palace.
Time and time again, many of these great works were rebuilt, and can still be admired today.
Interestingly enough both Gen Eisenhower and Adm Leahy not only argued against using The Bomb on Japan but felt that, once they lost their ability to project into the Pacific, the oil embargo was enough to defeat Japan without invasion. In fact only really Douglass MacArthur was heavily in favor of its use and we all know he was so nuke happy he famously got removed fired for trying to nuke China.
Edit: Thought the post was about firebombings During WW2. Leaving it cuz I find it not well known.
I think Curtis LeMay showed us that many of Japan’s cities were quite flammable
Its even funnier when you look up on how Kyoto’s urban planning was inspired by the most famous of Chinese capitals: Chang’an…which also burned down a lot in power struggles throughout Chinese history.
Hang on, is Japanese wood construction so good because the fire gives them way too much practice.