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Blankets of fire

U.S. bombers over Japan during World War II

By Kenneth P. Werrell

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Publish Date

1996

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press

Language

eng

Pages

351

Description:

When the focus of World War II shifted to the Pacific in 1944, the Army Air Forces (AAF), equipped with the new, longer-range B-29 bomber, tried to shift strategic bombing tactics as well. Blankets of Fire describes the adjustments necessary to target Japan and places them in the context of overall AAF and wartime strategy.