The air campaign that incinerated Japan’s cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war.
This analysis explains why the B-29s struggled at first, and how General LeMay devised radical and devastating tactics that began to systematically incinerate Japanese cities and industries and eliminate its maritime trade with aerial mining. It explains how and why this campaign was so uniquely successful, and how gaps in Japan’s defenses contributed to the B-29s’ success.
- Soft Cover
- 96 Pages
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Attacker’s Capabilities
- Defender’s Capabilities
- Campaign Objectives
- Order of Battle
- The Campaign
- Analysis
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index