Mark Lardas

Tokyo 1944-45 (eBook, PDF)

The destruction of Imperial Japan's capital
Illustrator: Groult, Edouard A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.

In November 1944, the US Army Air Force launched a 111-plane B-29 strike against Tokyo, the first raid since the morale-boosting Doolittle Raid of 1942. From then until August 13, 1945, the United States would attack Tokyo 25 times, 20 from B-29s based in the Marianas and five from US Navy carrier task forces. The campaign included the single deadliest air raid in human history, when around 100,000 people were killed by the firestorm created by the Operation Meetinghouse raid of March 10, 1945.

This book, the first to examine the full history of the United States' air campaign against the greatest target in Japan, looks at the USAAF's and US Navy's efforts to use air power to eliminate Tokyo's strategic value to the Empire. It considers how the campaign developed from daylight bombing to firebombing and anti-ship mining, and finally how the target was handed over to the US Navy, whose carrier-based bombers and fighter-bombers continued to strike Tokyo during July and August 1945.

Using specially commissioned battlescenes, strategic maps and diagrams, this volume presents a detailed picture of how Tokyo was vanquished from the air.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472860347
• Artikelnr.: 69250165

Autorenporträt

Mark Lardas has always been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, he then studied Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but his interest in aviation led him to take a job on the then-new Space Shuttle program, where he worked for the next 30 years as a navigation engineer. Currently he develops commercial aircraft systems as a quality assurance manager. He has written numerous books on military, naval or maritime history.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chronology
Attacker's Capabilities
- America's growing reach
- Aircraft
- Facilities and infrastructure
- Weapons and tactics
Defender's Capabilities
Guarding the Empire's heart
- Aircraft
- Facilities and infrastructure
- Weapons and tactics
Campaign Objectives
The high-stakes target
- Allied objectives and plans
- Japanese objectives and plans
The Campaign
To destroy a capital
-Opening salvos: November 1-January 9, 1945
-Frustration, faltering, and the Navy's in: January 27 to
March 4, 1945
-The first fire raid: March 9-10, 1945
-Aircraft factory raids: April 1-12, 1945
-Returning to incendiary raids: April 13-16, 1945
-Water and fire: May 5 to 29, 1945
-To the end: June-August, 1945
Aftermath and Analysis
-Surviving aircraft
Bibliography
Index