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If you mean the Doolittle Raid. The Japanese figured there was no planes that could reach their country. Hawaii was way beyond range of planes at the time. The bombers launched off the aircraft carrier to bomb Tokyo was never attempted before so the thought of it as a way to bomb was probably never considered by the Japanese

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It was new & kept a secret until deployed.

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because the Americans dropped it there to end the war

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No body was expecting an atomic bomb since no body knew about them. The US distributed some leaflets but the Japanese did not know the fate coming up.

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