Tokyo 1944–45
The destruction of Imperial Japan's capital
$38.87
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2024
Summary
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 ta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472860354 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472860357 |
| Author: | Mark Lardas, Edouard A. Groult |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 4mm x 182mm x 246mm |
| Series: | Air Campaign |
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Critics Review
Lardas has crafted an excellent account of the US campaign against Tokyo * The Naval Review *
Mark Lardas
Mark Lardas has been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky his entire life. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, his maritime interest led him to study Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but his interest in aviation led him to take a job on the then-new Space Shuttle program. Over the next 30 years he worked as a navigation engineer on the Shuttle program. Currently he works developing commercial aircraft systems as a quality assurance manager. He has written extensively about aircraft and warships and is the author of more than 40 books, all related to military, naval or maritime history.
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