The Doolittle Raid
-
The Doolittle Raid: America's Daring First Strike Against Japan
By Carroll V. GlinesThe stories of Jimmy Doolittle's Tokyo raiders: their bombing mission against Japan and their struggle to survive and escape their pursuers in China.
-
The Doolittle Raid: America's Daring First Strike Against Japan
By Carroll V. GlinesIn April, 1942, President Roosevelt urged the military high command to prepare a devastating carrier-launch raid against the Japanese home islands.
-
The Doolittle Raid: The First Air Attack Against Japan, April 1942
By John GrehanThe full story of this remarkable operation, of the men and machines involved, is explored through this fascinating collection of images.
-
The Doolittle Raid: The History and Legacy of the First American Attack on Tokyo During World War II
By Charles River Charles River EditorsFurthermore, the Doolittle Raid showed the importance of air power in the war.
-
The Doolittle Raid: The First Air Attack Against Japan, April 1942
By John GrehanOn 1 April 1942, less than four months after the world had been stunned by the attack upon Pearl Harbor, sixteen US aircraft took to the skies to exact retribution. Their objective was not merely to attack Japan, but to bomb its capital.
-
The Doolittle Raid
By Duane P. SchultzRecounts the first U.S. bombing raid on Tokyo, just four months after the attack at Pearl Harbor, and assesses the psychological importance of the raid