{"id":119286,"date":"2024-09-02T21:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/80-years-on-how-us-b-29-superfortress-helped-end-wwii\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T21:43:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:43:05","slug":"80-years-on-how-the-us-b-29-superfortress-helped-end-wwii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=119286","title":{"rendered":"80 Years On: How The US B-29 Superfortress Helped End WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    By the time <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/b-29-superfortress-bomber-guide\/\">the B-29 Superfortress came into service in May 1944<\/a>, the outcome of the war was arguably already set. Instead of being used to bomb a rapidly collapsing Germany, they were deployed to the Pacific. There, they firebombed Tokyo, razing city after city to the ground, before pushing Japan to surrender after dropping the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. 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