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UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEYSUMMARY REPORT(Pacific War)

Washington, D.C.1 JULY 1946

The amount of bombs dropped were measure in tonnage not according to the times they dropped bombs or how many bombs were dropped. Pegalita of Answers Com

The total tonnage of bombs dropped by Allied planes in the Pacific war was 656,400. Of this, 160,800 tons, or 24 percent, were dropped on the home islands of Japan. Navy aircraft accounted for 6,800 tons, Army aircraft other than B-29s for 7,000 tons, and the B-29s for 147,000 tons. By contrast, the total bomb tonnage in the European theater was 2,700,000 tons of which 1,360,000 tons were dropped within Germany's own borders.

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