Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... targets in Japan , Manchuria , and Korea . Their March report es- tablished a priority of eight target systems , from which fifty - seven key targets were selected.44 During that same month Arnold ordered the Committee of Operations ...
... targets in Japan , Manchuria , and Korea . Their March report es- tablished a priority of eight target systems , from which fifty - seven key targets were selected.44 During that same month Arnold ordered the Committee of Operations ...
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... targets is noteworthy . Airmen recognized that Japanese cities were vulnerable but initially rejected them as targets . Calls for the burning of Japanese urban areas came primarily from the press and Chennault . As the war proceeded and ...
... targets is noteworthy . Airmen recognized that Japanese cities were vulnerable but initially rejected them as targets . Calls for the burning of Japanese urban areas came primarily from the press and Chennault . As the war proceeded and ...
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... targets . This was over 70 percent of the month's bombing effort and more than had been dropped on Japanese cities during the previous five months . These at- tacks damaged 106 numbered targets , 10 of which were listed as a high ...
... targets . This was over 70 percent of the month's bombing effort and more than had been dropped on Japanese cities during the previous five months . These at- tacks damaged 106 numbered targets , 10 of which were listed as a high ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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