On the night of March 9-10, 1945, B-29s dropped 1,665 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo in a single raid, creating a firestorm that killed an estimated 100,000 people in a single night — more than either atomic bombing. The architect of the raid was Major General Curtis LeMay, who when asked about the moral implications, reportedly said: "I'm trying to win the war." What is rarely discussed: the bombs were specifically designed to target the densely-packed wooden housing districts of Tokyo's working-class neighborhoods, not military or industrial targets. The raid was so devastating that Tokyo's municipal government estimated 97% of the people who died were civilians, and 40% were children under 15. It remains the most destructive conventional bombing raid in history.