WebThe Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II.It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago.Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was …

WebJames Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raid on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights, record-breaking speed flights, won many flying races, and helped develop and flight-test instrument flying. ...

WebLe raid de Doolittle est le premier bombardement effectué sur le territoire du Japon par les forces armées des États-Unis durant la guerre du Pacifique.. Il est effectué par 16 B-25 Mitchell de l'USAAF décollant du porte-avions USS Hornet, le 18 avril 1942.Il porte le nom du lieutenant-colonel Doolittle qui planifie et dirige cette opération.

WebDe Doolittle Raid op 18 april 1942 was de eerste Amerikaanse luchtaanval op Tokio tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.. De aanval toonde aan dat Japan zelf kwetsbaar was voor geallieerde luchtaanvallen en bood een gelegenheid voor een Amerikaanse vergelding voor de Japanse aanval op Pearl Harbor op 7 december 1941. De aanval werd gepland en …

WebThe first raid on Tokyo was the Doolittle Raid of 18 April 1942, when sixteen B-25 Mitchells were launched from USS Hornet to attack targets including Yokohama and Tokyo and then fly on to airfields in China. The raid was retaliation against the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.The raid did little damage to Japan's war capability but was a significant …

WebAir raids conducted by Allied forces on Japan during World War II caused extensive destruction to the country's cities and killed between 241,000 and 900,000 people. During the first years of the Pacific War these attacks were limited to the Doolittle Raid in April 1942 and small-scale raids on military positions in the Kuril Islands from mid-1943. ...

WebThe South-East Asian Theatre of World War II consisted of the campaigns of the Pacific War in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Indochina, Burma, India, Malaya and Singapore between 1941 to 1945.. Japan attacked British and American territories with near-simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific on 7/8 December …

WebThe National Portrait Gallery is a historic art museum between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.Founded in 1962 and opened to the public in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution.Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. The museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building, as is the …

WebThe Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial …

WebAkagi (Japanese: 赤城, "red castle") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), named after Mount Akagi in present-day Gunma Prefecture.Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.The ship …