Raid on Tokyo An "whatif" alternate history in which the Japanese SelfDefense Forces (JSDF) fights a desperate struggle against the Soviet Union after it launches a surprise invasion on Japan during heightened Cold War tensions *This is the original story ("Tokyo Wars") as released in 1991, not the rerelease in 08 under the name "Raid onThe Great Tokyo Air Raid and the Bombing of Civilians in World War II The Asahi Shimbun The firebombing of Tokyo on the night of March 910, 1945 touched off the wave of firebombing that destroyed 64 Japanese cities and culminated in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On 18 April 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt Col James H (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe This heroic attack against these major cities was the result of coordination
This Day In History An Unprecedented Air Raid On Tokyo
