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The Doolittle Raid

Af: Carroll V. Glines Engelsk Hardback

The Doolittle Raid

Af: Carroll V. Glines Engelsk Hardback
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The complete account of one of the biggest gambles and most harrowing stories of courage to come out of World War II.


Five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt and military leaders decided to boost American morale by undertaking a daring offensive against Japan. Forced to launch early from the aircraft carrier Hornet after being spotted by Japanese fishing boats, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his 16 B-25 bombers flew to their targets.

But the early launch forced 15 crews to bail out or ditch their aircraft instead of landing in China as intended. What was supposed to be “thirty seconds over Tokyo” became an odyssey of escape for some crew members that lasted fourteen months and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Japanese patriots.

Author and retired Air Force Colonel Carroll Glines tells the story of Doolittle’s raiders, their bold bombing mission, their long struggle to escape their pursuers through China, and how the raid altered Japanese thinking about the security of their home islands and induced them to withdraw forces from the perimeter of their far-flung empire.

Glines personally interviewed most of Doolittle’s surviving raiders to produce this dramatic and authentic story.

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The complete account of one of the biggest gambles and most harrowing stories of courage to come out of World War II.


Five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt and military leaders decided to boost American morale by undertaking a daring offensive against Japan. Forced to launch early from the aircraft carrier Hornet after being spotted by Japanese fishing boats, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his 16 B-25 bombers flew to their targets.

But the early launch forced 15 crews to bail out or ditch their aircraft instead of landing in China as intended. What was supposed to be “thirty seconds over Tokyo” became an odyssey of escape for some crew members that lasted fourteen months and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Japanese patriots.

Author and retired Air Force Colonel Carroll Glines tells the story of Doolittle’s raiders, their bold bombing mission, their long struggle to escape their pursuers through China, and how the raid altered Japanese thinking about the security of their home islands and induced them to withdraw forces from the perimeter of their far-flung empire.

Glines personally interviewed most of Doolittle’s surviving raiders to produce this dramatic and authentic story.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9780887403477
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0887403476
Kategori: Europæisk historie
Udg. Dato: 6 jan 1997
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 235mm
Højde: 163mm
Forlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Oplagsdato: 6 jan 1997
Forfatter(e): Carroll V. Glines
Forfatter(e) Carroll V. Glines

Kategori Europæisk historie

ISBN-13 9780887403477

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 272

Udgave

Længde 27mm

Bredde 235mm

Højde 163mm

Udg. Dato 6 jan 1997

Oplagsdato 6 jan 1997

Forlag Schiffer Publishing Ltd