Blankets of fire : U.S. bombers over Japan during World War II
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
Print Book, English, ©1996
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, ©1996
History
xvi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9781560986652, 9781560988717, 1560986654, 1560988711
32921746
1. The Genesis of American Strategic Bombing
2. Japan: Target for Strategic Bombing
3. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress: Best Bomber of the War
4. The Education of a General: Operations from India and China
5. Operations Begin in the Marianas
6. "A Blanket of Fire": Incendiaries against Japanese Cities
7. The Twentieth Shifts into High Gear: March through June 1945
8. Finale
9. Conclusion: Futile Victory?
Appendix: Twentieth Air Force Statistics