TARGET TOKYO by James M. Scott ( 9780393089622 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

TARGET TOKYO
JIMMY DOOLITTLE AND THE RAID THAT AVENGED PEARL HARBOR

By:

James M. Scott

Format:

Hardback

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£27.99

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ISBN 10:

0393089622

ISBN 13:

9780393089622

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Publisher:

WW NORTON & CO

Pub. date:

13 April, 2015

Pages:

672

Description:

The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated-and controversial-military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid.

Synopsis:

In December 1941, as American forces counted the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt and his military counsellors were planning a counterstrike against Tokyo. The secret bombing mission, led by daredevil Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, was fraught with problems but Doolittle and his men succeeded in striking the heart of the empire in April 1942. The raid buoyed America's morale and prompted an ill-fated Japanese attempt to seize Midway, turning the tide of the war. But it came at an horrific cost. The Japanese killed an estimated 250,000 Chinese in retaliation. Based on extensive research, Target Tokyo is the comprehensive account of this extraordinary mission. With harrowing stories about the fate of Doolittle's men after crash-landing in China and Russia, Target Tokyo is gripping popular history.

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16 pages of illustrations

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WW Norton & Co

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