TY - BOOK AU - Haulman,Daniel TI - The High Road To Tokyo Bay — The AAF In The Asiatic-Pacific Theater [Illustrated Edition] SN - 9781782898917 AV - D790 .H385 2014 U1 - 940.544973 PY - 2014/// CY - San Francisco PB - Tannenberg Publishing KW - World War, 1939-1945-Aerial operations, American KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4807508 ER -