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They also contemplated establishing bases in the Aleutians and Siberia, and
using the Bonins as fighter bases. The authorities agreed to implement
TWILIGHT, with some modification.7 General Kenneth Wolfe, the officer in charge
of the ...
They also contemplated establishing bases in the Aleutians and Siberia, and
using the Bonins as fighter bases. The authorities agreed to implement
TWILIGHT, with some modification.7 General Kenneth Wolfe, the officer in charge
of the ...
Page 89
the schedules of both B-29 production and base seizure and construction, it
recommended that the first four groups go to MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific,
the next four to China, then twelve to the Marianas and two to the Aleutians,
leaving ...
the schedules of both B-29 production and base seizure and construction, it
recommended that the first four groups go to MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific,
the next four to China, then twelve to the Marianas and two to the Aleutians,
leaving ...
Page 100
While they could not launch ground attacks on the American bases, they did
attack from the air. There were at least two aerial attacks on the Chinese bases in
September and October, but they inflicted little damage. The most serious raid, ...
While they could not launch ground attacks on the American bases, they did
attack from the air. There were at least two aerial attacks on the Chinese bases in
September and October, but they inflicted little damage. The most serious raid, ...
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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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