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In the 1920s and 1930s a Japanese-American war and the likely impact of
airpower on Japanese cities were publicly discussed. One novel depicted fifty
U.S. carrier aircraft dropping leaflets over Tokyo and causing panic in streets.
In the 1920s and 1930s a Japanese-American war and the likely impact of
airpower on Japanese cities were publicly discussed. One novel depicted fifty
U.S. carrier aircraft dropping leaflets over Tokyo and causing panic in streets.
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They assumed the Germans would be beaten by the fall of 1944, and the
Japanese one year later.47 Further study, however, ... It emphasized that
Japanese industry and population were concentrated in a handful of large cities,
all of them ...
They assumed the Germans would be beaten by the fall of 1944, and the
Japanese one year later.47 Further study, however, ... It emphasized that
Japanese industry and population were concentrated in a handful of large cities,
all of them ...
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rived on the scene. An AAF report in mid-January 1945 summed up the reasons
for the switch to area (fire) bombing: the failure of precision bombing, the
vulnerability of Japanese cities to fire, and the dispersed Japanese cottage
industries.
rived on the scene. An AAF report in mid-January 1945 summed up the reasons
for the switch to area (fire) bombing: the failure of precision bombing, the
vulnerability of Japanese cities to fire, and the dispersed Japanese cottage
industries.
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Contents
Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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| Title | Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II Smithsonian history of aviation series |
| Author | Kenneth P. Werrell |
| Publisher | Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 1560986654, 9781560986652 |
| Length | 350 pages |
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