Blankets of fire : U.S. bombers over Japan during World War II /
When the focus of World War II shifted to the Pacific in 1944, the Army Air Forces (AAF), equipped with the new, longer-range B-29 bomber, tried to shift strategic bombing tactics as well. Blankets of Fire describes the adjustments necessary to target Japan and places them in the context of overall...
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Washington :
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[1996]
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| Series: | Smithsonian history of aviation series.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 1. The Genesis of American Strategic Bombing -- 2. Japan: Target for Strategic Bombing -- 3. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress: Best Bomber of the War -- 4. The Education of a General: Operations from India and China -- 5. Operations Begin in the Marianas -- 6. "A Blanket of Fire": Incendiaries against Japanese Cities -- 7. The Twentieth Shifts into High Gear: March through June 1945 -- 8. Finale -- 9. Conclusion: Futile Victory? -- Appendix: Twentieth Air Force Statistics. | |
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