Strategic Air War Against Japan |
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73rd Wing Admiral Nimitz aerial mining air bombardment air power airframe airplanes Akashi altitude Army Air Forces Arnold bases blockade Brig Gen British campaign capacity Chengtu Chiefs of Staff China combat daylight decision defeat defense destroy destruction effective effort Eighth Air Force electric power enemy Europe factories fighter Fukuoka-ken German grand strategy groups Guam headquarters Honshu incendiary attacks initial invasion Iwo Jima Japanese Japanese home islands Joint Chiefs Joint Strategic Committee Kanagawa-ken Kawasaki Kawasaki-shi Kyushu LeMay logistic MacArthur Marianas Marshall military mission Nagoya naval Navy night Nippon Hassoden objective offensive against Japan Okinawa operations Osaka-fu Pacific war percent primary target priority production radar radar bombing Refinery Saipan selected targets selective bombing sorties strategic air forces strategic air offensive Strategic Bombing substations target systems Theater Tokyo Plain Toyama-ken Twentieth Air Force USSBS visual bombing vital weather XXIst Bomber Command XXth Bomber Command