Tokyo 1944-45: The Destruction of Imperial Japan's Capital

by Mark Lardas

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472860357
• ISBN13: 9781472860354
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.7"