How did the planes that dropped nukes on Japan penetrate that air space without conflicr?

by hamburglin

I hear about battles being so hard fought and dangerous, yet the US (seemingly) easily flew two planes into Japan mainland and dropped nukes on them.

What was the context for this mission? Was it stealth based? Or did we just take a very brazen step and broke rules of engagement in an otherwise unprotected area to do this?

jschooltiger

Hi there -- while there's always more discussion to be had here, you may be interested in this older thread on the topic which explains multiple reasons why the atomic bombing missions were successful.