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Tokyo in World War II

  • Doolittle RaidPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a meeting at the White House on the 21st of December 1941 and said that Japan should be…
  • Bombing of TokyoOn the 18th of April 1942, sixteen North American B-25 Mitchells took off from the aircraft carrier Hornet. These modified bombers flew toward Tokyo and…
  • Japanese Instrument of SurrenderGeneral Douglas MacArthur's staff, headed by Colonel LeGrande A. Diller, faced a daunting task in war-torn Manila during 1945.