On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan’s factories, refineries, and dockyards in retaliation for their attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid buoyed America’s morale, and prompted an ill-fated Japanese attempt to seize Midway that turned the tide of the war. But it came at a horrific cost: an estimated 250,000 Chinese died in retaliation by the Japanese. Deeply researched and brilliantly written, Target Tokyo has been hailed as the definitive account of one of America’s most daring military operations.
Author: James M. Scott
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/04/2016
Pages: 672
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780393352276
Language: English
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