Editing Bombing of Tokyo (section)

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[[File:Tokyo-kushu-hikaku.jpg|thumb|A bird's-eye view of Tokyo before and after the air raids]]
High-altitude daylight bombing had previously caused minimal damage to Tokyo's heavy industry, but the destruction caused by low-altitude night-time firebombing wiped out much of the dispersed [[light industry]] that provided a crucial source for small machine parts for Japanese war manufacturing. Firebombing also killed or made homeless many factory workers critical to the war effort. According to American intelligence in early 1945, over 50% of Tokyo's industry was spread out among residential and commercial neighborhoods; the destruction of these neighborhoods in firebombing raids cut the whole city's output in half.<ref name="Summary Report Pacific War"/> Damage was especially severe in the eastern areas of Tokyo. The districts bombed were home to 1.2 million people in total. The Tokyo police force recorded 267,171 buildings destroyed, which left more than one million people homeless.{{sfn|Sherry|1987|pp=276-277}}

Emperor [[Hirohito]]'s tour of the destroyed areas of Tokyo in March 1945 ended his relative lack of involvement in the Japanese wartime decision-making process and contributed to his eventual decision to capitulate to the Allied powers, culminating in [[Surrender of Japan|Japan's surrender]] six months later.{{sfn|Bradley|1999|p=38}}