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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II.It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago.Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was vulnerable ...
  2. en.wikipedia.org

    On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and they remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's ...
  3. britannica.com

    6 days agoThe atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki produced effects in Japan and around the world that changed the course of history. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the initial explosions (an estimated 70,000 in Hiroshima and 40,000 in Nagasaki), and many more later succumbed to burns, injuries, and radiation poisoning.On August 10, 1945, one day after the bombing of Nagasaki, the ...
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. britannica.com

    The Doolittle Raid was a U.S. air raid during World War II that targeted major cities in Japan. It occurred on April 18, 1942. The attack aimed to lift Allied spirits and incite fear in the Japanese population in retribution for the recent Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.During the operation, which Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle planned and led, 16 aircraft ...
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. smithsonianmag.com

    The flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet, some 800 miles off Tokyo Japan, where it shows some of 16 Billy Mitchell (B-25) Bombers, under the command of Major Jimmy Doolittle, just ...
  6. prologue.blogs.archives.gov

    Four months after Japan's surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the aircraft carrier USS Hornet sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and out of San Francisco Bay into the Pacific on a secret mission. ... That mission, 75 years ago: Take off from the deck of the Hornet, which bombers had never done, and deliver four specially built bombs ...
  7. historynet.com

    Radio Tokyo retorted that any American fliers who dared attack Japan in the future would be on a "one-way mission to hell." The five men still in Japanese hands could attest to such "hell." As the world learned of the executions, they were blindfolded, handcuffed, and moved to a prison near Nanking, 175 miles west of Shanghai.
  8. b-25history.org

    The United States had organized a daring plan to attack Japan in retribution for their attack at Pearl Harbor. The first 3 months of 1942 were spent planning and training for this raid. Eighty of the most experienced B-25 crews were enlisted for this volunteer mission. Every man knew there was a good chance they would not return from the mission.
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    Doolittle Raid

    The first air raid on the Japanese mainland conducted by the U.S. military on April 18, 1942

    The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago. Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was vulnerable to American air attacks. It served as an initial retaliation for the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, and provided an important boost to American morale. The raid was named after Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, who planned and led the attack. It was one of six American carrier raids against Japan and Japanese-held territories conducted in the first half of 1942. Under the final plan, 16 B-25B Mitchell medium bombers, each with a crew of five, were launched from the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet, in the Pacific Ocean. There were no fighter escorts. Wikipedia

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