On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.
S.
Deeply researched and brilliantly written, Target Tokyo has been hailed as the definitive account of one of America\'s most daring military operations..
But it came at a horrific cost: an estimated 250,000 Chinese died in retaliation by the Japanese.
The Raid buoyed America\'s morale, and prompted an ill-fated Japanese attempt to seize Midway That turned the tide of the war.
Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan\'s factories, refineries, and dockyards in retaliation for their attack on Pearl Harbor.
On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.
S