Doolittle Raid

When

18 Apr 1942

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

87

Coordinates

35.00° N, 154.00° E

Description

first air raid on the Japanese mainland conducted by the U.S. military on April 18, 1942

American bombing of Japan on April 18, 1942

The Doolittle Raid was an air raid by the United States Army Air Forces on the Japanese capital of Tokyo and other places in Honshu during World War II. Launched on April 18, 1942, 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 vulnerable to American air attacks.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Doolittle Raid – Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle leads a bombing mission against Japan, along with 79 other airmen of the U.S. Air Force, flying 16…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Luftstreitkräfte der US-Armee führen unter der Leitung von James Harold Doolittle den Doolittle Raid durch, einen Überraschungsangriff auf Tokio”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “raid de Doolittle, premier bombardement du Japon par les forces armées des États-Unis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Первая атака японской территории авиацией США”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “空母発進の米陸軍機16機が東京・名古屋・神戸などを初空襲（ドーリットル空襲）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page