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The statistics and map below are taken from:
GA Henry H. Arnold, USAAF, Report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the Secretary of War (Baltimore, MD: Schneidereith & Sons, 12 November 1945).
It is my understanding that a similar method of gauging the effectiveness of area-strikes against German cities was prepared by RAF BC. If anybody has access to this document and would be willing to share, please contact me.
On average, XXI BC (20AF) destroyed 48.9% of Japan’s urban areas.
Keep in mind these figures include the two nuclear strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Each city is listed with an American city of equivalent size.
| Akashi | 50.2% | Lexington, KY | ||||
| Amagasaki | 18.9% | Jacksonville, FL | ||||
| Aomori | 30% | Montgomery, AL | ||||
| Chōshi | 44.2% | Wheeling, WV | ||||
| Fukui | 86% | Evansville, IN | ||||
| Fukuoka | 24.1% | Rochester, NY | ||||
| Fukuyama | 80.9% | Macon, GA | ||||
| Gifu | 69.6% | Des Moines, IA | ||||
| Hachiōji | 65% | Galveston, TX | ||||
| Hamamatsu | 60.3% | Hartford, CT | ||||
| Himeji | 49.4% | Peoria, IL | ||||
| Hiratsuka | 48.4% | Battle Creek, MI | ||||
| Hiroshima | 41.8% | Seattle, WA | ||||
| Hitachi | 72% | Little Rock, AK | ||||
| Ichinomiya | 56.3% | Springfield, IL | ||||
| Imabari | 63.9% | Stockton, CA | ||||
| Isezaki (Yokohama) | 56.1% | Sioux Falls, SD | ||||
| Kagoshima | 63.4% | Richmond, VA | ||||
| Kawasaki | 35.2% | Portland, OR | ||||
| Kōbe | 55.7% | Baltimore, MD | ||||
| Kōchi | 55.2% | Sacramento, CA | ||||
| Kōfu | 78.6% | South Bend, IN | ||||
| Kumagaya | 55.1% | Kenosha, WI | ||||
| Kumamoto | 31.2% | Grand Rapids, MI | ||||
| Kure | 41.9% | Toledo, OH | ||||
| Kuwana | 75% | Tucson, AZ | ||||
| Maebashi | 64.2% | Wilkes-Barre, PA | ||||
| Matsuyama | 64% | Duluth, MN | ||||
| Mito | 68.9% | Pontiac, MI | ||||
| Miyakonojō | 26.5% | Greensboro, NC | ||||
| Miyazaki | 26.1% | Davenport, IA | ||||
| Moji (Kitakyushu) | 23.3% | Spokane, WA | ||||
| Nagasaki | 35.6% | Akron, OH | ||||
| Nagaoka | 64.9% | Madison, WI | ||||
| Nagoya | 40% | Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Nishinomiya | 11.9% | Cambridge, MA | ||||
| Nobeoka | 25.2% | Augusta, GA | ||||
| Numazu | 42.3% | Waco, TX | ||||
| Ōgaki | 39.5% | Corpus Christi, TX | ||||
| Ōita | 28.2% | Saint Joseph, MO | ||||
| Okayama | 68.9% | Long Beach, CA | ||||
| Okazaki | 32.2% | Lincoln, NE | ||||
| Ōmura | 33.1% | Santa Fe, NM | ||||
| Ōmuta | 35.9% | Miami, FL | ||||
| Ōsaka | 35.1% | Chicago, IL | ||||
| Saga | 44.2% | Waterloo, IL | ||||
| Sakai | 48.2% | Fort Worth, TX | ||||
| Sasebo | 41.4% | Nashville, TN | ||||
| Sendai | 21.9% | Omaha, NE | ||||
| Shimizu | 42.1% | San Jose, CA | ||||
| Shimonoseki | 37.6% | San Diego, CA | ||||
| Shizuoka | 66.1% | Oklahoma City, OK | ||||
| Takamatsu | 67.5% | Knoxville, TN | ||||
| Tokushima | 85.2% | Fort Wayne, IN | ||||
| Tokuyama (Shūnan) | 48.3% | Butte, MT | ||||
| Tokyo | 39.9% | New York, NY | ||||
| Toyama | 95.6% | Chattanooga, TN | ||||
| Toyohashi | 67.9% | Tulsa, OK | ||||
| Tsu | 69.3% | Topeka, KS | ||||
| Tsuruga | 65.1% | Middleton, WI | ||||
| Ube | 20.7% | Utica, NY | ||||
| Ujiyamada (Ise) | 41.3% | Columbus, OH | ||||
| Utsunomiya | 43.7% | Sioux City, IA | ||||
| Wakayama | 50% | Salt Lake City, UT | ||||
| Yawata | 21.2% | San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Yokkaichi | 33.6% | Charlotte, NC | ||||
| Yokohama | 57.6% | Cleveland, OH | ||||