A TORCH TO THE ENEMY : THE STORY OF THE DEVASTATING FIRE AGAINST TOKYO - MARCH 10, 1945










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Characteristics
Book cover finish | Perfect paperback |
Special features | First edition, Numbered copy ( F 425 K ), Dedicated copy, Original edition ( O.E. or Or.E ) |
Condition | Used, good condition |
Number of pages | 160 |
Published date | 1960 |
Language | English |
Size | 11 x 18 x 2 cm |
Author | Martin Caidin |
Editor | Ballantine Books, Inc. |
Description
THE WAR'S MOST DEVASTATING RAID
On March 9th, 1945, the most crushing single air attack of the war was launched against Japan. From Guam, Tinian and Saipan a vast armada of B - 29 Superforts took off into the gathering dusk - 334 of the U.S. Air Force's heaviest bombers on their way to Tokyo, 1600 miles away.
The story of that night is told unforgettably in A TORCH TO THE ENEMY. For General Le May the raid was the biggest gamble of his career - a daring bet that might end in total disaster. For the bomber crews it was an ordeal of incalculable chance- low - level bombing by night in heavily overloaded planes that had even been stripped of their guns ! For the Japanese, the events of that night are etched in horror and death. Nothing - not even the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - exceeded in loss of life, in destruction of materiel, the devastation wrought by the wave of flame that roared over Tokyo. In just six hours a cyclone of fire completely destroyed 17 square miles of the city and left a staggering total of over 100,000 dead.