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Tokyo 1944–45

- The destruction of Imperial Japan's capital
Af: Mark Lardas Engelsk Paperback

Tokyo 1944–45

- The destruction of Imperial Japan's capital
Af: Mark Lardas Engelsk Paperback
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The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.

In November 1944, the US Army Air Force launched a 111-plane B-29 strike against Tokyo, the first raid since the morale-boosting Doolittle Raid of 1942. From then until August 13, 1945, the United States would attack Tokyo 25 times, 20 from B-29s based in the Marianas and five from US Navy carrier task forces. The campaign included the single deadliest air raid in human history, when around 100,000 people were killed by the firestorm created by the Operation Meetinghouse raid of March 10, 1945.

This book, the first to examine the full history of the United States’ air campaign against the greatest target in Japan, looks at the USAAF’s and US Navy’s efforts to use air power to eliminate Tokyo’s strategic value to the Empire. It considers how the campaign developed from daylight bombing to firebombing and anti-ship mining, and finally how the target was handed over to the US Navy, whose carrier-based bombers and fighter-bombers continued to strike Tokyo during July and August 1945.

Using specially commissioned battlescenes, strategic maps and diagrams, this volume presents a detailed picture of how Tokyo was vanquished from the air.

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The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.

In November 1944, the US Army Air Force launched a 111-plane B-29 strike against Tokyo, the first raid since the morale-boosting Doolittle Raid of 1942. From then until August 13, 1945, the United States would attack Tokyo 25 times, 20 from B-29s based in the Marianas and five from US Navy carrier task forces. The campaign included the single deadliest air raid in human history, when around 100,000 people were killed by the firestorm created by the Operation Meetinghouse raid of March 10, 1945.

This book, the first to examine the full history of the United States’ air campaign against the greatest target in Japan, looks at the USAAF’s and US Navy’s efforts to use air power to eliminate Tokyo’s strategic value to the Empire. It considers how the campaign developed from daylight bombing to firebombing and anti-ship mining, and finally how the target was handed over to the US Navy, whose carrier-based bombers and fighter-bombers continued to strike Tokyo during July and August 1945.

Using specially commissioned battlescenes, strategic maps and diagrams, this volume presents a detailed picture of how Tokyo was vanquished from the air.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 96
ISBN-13: 9781472860354
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1472860357
Kategori: United States of America, USA
Udg. Dato: 15 feb 2024
Længde: 8mm
Bredde: 185mm
Højde: 248mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 15 feb 2024
Forfatter(e): Mark Lardas
Forfatter(e) Mark Lardas

Kategori United States of America, USA

ISBN-13 9781472860354

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 96

Udgave

Længde 8mm

Bredde 185mm

Højde 248mm

Udg. Dato 15 feb 2024

Oplagsdato 15 feb 2024

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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