Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... United States was gearing up for war . The Munich Conference of September 1938 had triggered frantic efforts by the Britons , French , and Americans to arm themselves , and foreign orders rapidly increased U.S. aviation potential . Yet ...
... United States was gearing up for war . The Munich Conference of September 1938 had triggered frantic efforts by the Britons , French , and Americans to arm themselves , and foreign orders rapidly increased U.S. aviation potential . Yet ...
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... United States turned out 2,100 air- craft , compared with 7,900 built that year in Britain , 4,500 in Japan , and 8,300 in Germany . In 1942 , America built almost as many air- planes as Germany , Japan , and Britain combined . During ...
... United States turned out 2,100 air- craft , compared with 7,900 built that year in Britain , 4,500 in Japan , and 8,300 in Germany . In 1942 , America built almost as many air- planes as Germany , Japan , and Britain combined . During ...
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... United States , already a large supplier of oil , copper , scrap iron , and machine tools . In the spring of 1940 the United States left its Pacific fleet in Hawaii as a deterrent against further Japanese actions . Meanwhile events in ...
... United States , already a large supplier of oil , copper , scrap iron , and machine tools . In the spring of 1940 the United States left its Pacific fleet in Hawaii as a deterrent against further Japanese actions . Meanwhile events in ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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