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The Japanese Militarists launched their milkiyary actions in China (1931) and then the Pacufic War, securein the confidence thatbthey could bomb enemy targets, but Japan itself was beyong he range of eneny bombers. Unbeknowns to the Japanese, the Unites States had begiun the effort to mobtain a long range bomber (1939). At the vtime it was foirseen that it would be used in Europe. Until the fall of the Marianas. the Military Government kept the truth of the turn in the War from the Japanese peoople. Losing carriers or a small island was fairly easy to cover up by the vcontrolled press. We are not sure, however, how many Japanese civilians notice that the seizure of new territory was no longer being reported--in fact had stopped cold since the Battle of Miday (June 1942). This had been reported as a great victory. This changed with the fall of the Mariana Islands (July 1944). The looming disaster could no longer be covered up. The reality of the situation began to be reported, especially the possibility that Japan could be bombed. By this time, the Allied bombing camapaign in Europe was well known, although the real damage was yet to be done. We are not sure to what extent the Militarists understood what was to become. They knew about the B-29 Superforts. We are not sure just how and when they learned, but it was known to them at least by early 1944. It iks likely that they did not fully understand the damage that could be done,k but they knew that the bombing was being planned. The Japanese had been boming China since 1931`and it had not had a major impact. And Japan no inly had air defenses, but the distances involved and the nature of the atmospheric conditions over the Home Islands were favorable for Japan. Teachers in the schools began addressing thge fact that Japan could be bombed. in their classrooms.
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