The complete history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, during a ten-month campaign by the US Strategic Air Force and the US Navy.

In November 1944, the US Strategic Air Force launched an attack of 111 B-29 airplanes against Tokyo, the first raid since Doolittle's moralistic raid in 1942. From then until August 13, 1945, the United States attacked Tokyo 25 times, 20 by B-29s based in the Marianas and five by navy crews supported by ships. The campaign included the most deadly air raid in human history, when around 100,000 people were killed by the fire caused by the Operation Meetinghouse raid on March 10, 1945.

This book, the first to examine the complete history of the United States air campaign against the largest target in Japan, analyzes the efforts of the USAAF and US Navy to use air power to eliminate Tokyo's strategic value to the Empire. It examines how the campaign evolved from bombing days to strafing and mining against ships, and ultimately how the target was handed over to the US Navy, whose bombers and fighters continued to strike Tokyo in July and August 1945.

Using specially produced battle scenes, strategic maps, and diagrams, this volume presents a detailed picture of how Tokyo was defeated from the air.

Pages: 96, Year of Publication: 0702, Dimensions: 18.4x18.4cm