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Cataclysm : General Hap Arnold and the defeat of Japan

The B-29 long-range bombing campaign against the Japanese home islands dictated unprecedented organization and command; hence, Arnold established the Twentieth Air Force, commanded by himself from Washington and reporting directly to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This new type of bombing offensive-dist...

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Main Author: Wolk, Herman S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton, Texas University of North Texas Press 2010
Subjects:
Arnold, Henry Harley > 1886-1950
Arnold, Henry Harley > 1886-1950 > Military leadership
United States. > Army Air Forces > Air Force, 20th > History > 20th century
Bombing, Aerial > Japan > History œy 20th century
B-29 (Bomber)
World war, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
Air power > United States
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