NHK General TV's "Butterfly Effect of the Century of Images" (Mondays at 10 PM) will broadcast "General LeMay: The Man Called 'The Devil'" on Getsuku. On March 10th, 81 years ago, Curtis LeMay, commander of the Great Tokyo Air Raid, which claimed the lives of 100,000 people, later became a hero and reigned as the head of the U.S. Air Force. We consider what legacy LeMay left the world.
Curtis LeMay, who made the US Air Force the strongest in the world, is a man who bore many nicknames, including "Murderer LeMay," "Iron Butt," and "The Devil." During the Pacific War, he took 260,000 lives with indiscriminate bombing of Japanese cities, and he also strongly advocated the use of nuclear weapons in the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Complete destruction robs the enemy of their will to fight and settles the matter once and for all. LeMay's ideas remain at the core of US military operations today. This program traces the life of General LeMay, who advocated "peace through strength." Narrated by announcer Itoi Yoji.
