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Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
By Scott, James M.
- ISBN
- 9780393089622 9780393246766
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on February 15, 2015 | Social Sciences
The story of the Doolittle Raid is well known and thoroughly documented. Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the American military to plan a retaliatory strike against Japan. In April 1942, 16 B-25 bombers and 80 airmen led by James Doolittle were launched from the carrier Hornet. The bombers reached their target cities and inflicted minimal damage on the Japanese Home Islands. Low on ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
