The Doolittle Raid: America's Daring First Strike Against Japan
- ISBN-10
- 0887403476
- ISBN-13
- 9780887403477
- Series
- The Doolittle Raid
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Limited
- Author
- Carroll V. Glines
Description
It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittle's legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders' official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto.
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