The High Road To Tokyo Bay — The AAF In The Asiatic-Pacific Theater [Illustrated Edition].

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The High Road to Tokyo Bay -- Rogue Nation-Japan Becomes a Global Threat -- Organizing for Global War-British and U.S. Leaders Build a Coalition -- Into the Breach-"Flying Tigers" and Airlift Save China -- Desperate Struggle-Air Power's Role in the Burma and China Conflicts -- Boeing Behemoth-The Superfortress Goes to War -- Holding the Line-The AAF In the South and Southwest Pacific, 1942 -- Operation CARTWHEEL-The Encirclement of Rabaul -- One-Two Punch-The MacArthur-Nimitz Two-Pronged Offensive -- Straight Up the Middle-Nimitz's Central Pacific Offensive -- By Stealth from the South-MacArthur's Advance to the Philippines -- A Promise Fulfilled-The Liberation of the Philippines -- The Invasion of Borneo-Seizing Japan's Source of Raw Materials -- The End in Sight -Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- The Legacy of Valor-Courage, Sacrifice, and the Defeat of Japanese Militarism -- Suggested Readings.

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