Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... Pacific ? Two schools of American strategy emerged , and the planners shifted back and forth between these views . The first favored direct military action along with economic pressure , and the second empha- sized blockade and commerce ...
... Pacific ? Two schools of American strategy emerged , and the planners shifted back and forth between these views . The first favored direct military action along with economic pressure , and the second empha- sized blockade and commerce ...
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... Pacific . Unlike Europe , where Great Britain offered con- siderable facilities , the only sites available for bases in the Pacific in- variably had to be carved out of the wilderness or spotted on a small , barren atoll . The process ...
... Pacific . Unlike Europe , where Great Britain offered con- siderable facilities , the only sites available for bases in the Pacific in- variably had to be carved out of the wilderness or spotted on a small , barren atoll . The process ...
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... Pacific War Research Society , The Day Man Lost ( Tokyo : Kodansha International , 1972 ) , 102 ; Daniels , " Great Tokyo Air Raid , " 125-26 ; Emory , " Japanese Fire Departments , " 156 . Two of the best accounts from the ground are ...
... Pacific War Research Society , The Day Man Lost ( Tokyo : Kodansha International , 1972 ) , 102 ; Daniels , " Great Tokyo Air Raid , " 125-26 ; Emory , " Japanese Fire Departments , " 156 . Two of the best accounts from the ground are ...
Contents
Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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