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One of the most destructive raids was on 5 June 1941 when Japanese planes launched successive sorties against the Chinese city. The Japanese flew more than 20 sorties, bombing the city for 3 hours. About 4,000 residents who hid in a tunnel were asphyxiated.
The Japanese launch another of their regular air raids against the Nationalist capital of Chungking (Chongquing). The Chinese have built enormous air-raid shelters from sandstone caves in cliffs overlooking the city, and they are packed tight with people during air raids. Guards lock the public shelters' gates during raids so that people can't leave until the all-clear sounds. The shelters have some flaws: they are narrow, have no outlets aside from the front doors that are locked, no sources of air aside from that entrance (which is closed during raids), and they are literally jammed with people standing one against the other.
The raid begins at about 18:00. During the three-hour raid, guards flee the air raid shelter tunnel downtown, jammed with people. Finally, inside the people have suffocated.
The Japanese launch another of their regular air raids against the Nationalist capital of Chungking (Chongquing). The Chinese have built enormous air-raid shelters from sandstone caves in cliffs overlooking the city, and they are packed tight with people during air raids. Guards lock the public shelters' gates during raids so that people can't leave until the all-clear sounds. The shelters have some flaws: they are narrow, have no outlets aside from the front doors that are locked, no sources of air aside from that entrance (which is closed during raids), and they are literally jammed with people standing one against the other.
The raid begins at about 18:00. During the three-hour raid, guards flee the air raid shelter tunnel downtown, jammed with people. Finally, inside the people have suffocated.