in case you guys haven't seen i've got some great new fan wear if you want to support tjNUMBER_TOKEN history and grab something awesome please check out the link in the description enjoy it is december of NUMBER_TOKEN. pearl harbor has just been bombed by the japanese leaving thousands dead and the american fleet crippled the morale among the american people is low and they look to president franklin d roosevelt for encouragement no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion the american people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory his words are strong following the attack but the public is in desperate need of a morale boost the only thing that can provide this is striking back against japan so on december NUMBER_TOKENst of NUMBER_TOKEN the american commander-in-chief meets with military leaders to try and come up with a plan unfortunately there is no clear option being an island nation japan is a difficult target to strike the bombers of the u.s navy can be moved in close to the coast from aircraft carriers but this would likely leave the pacific fleet exposed this is extremely risky due to the threat of losing the ever valuable aircraft carriers the army bombers have a much longer range but they can only take off of airfields pearl harbor has plenty of bombers and airstrips but is well out of range of japan the same is true of the airfields at midway island this unfortunately leaves the u.s with no real way to strike back on japanese soil that is until an american submarine commander by the name of francis s lowe comes up with a brilliant and daring idea he suggests that some of the army bombers can actually take off of american aircraft carriers he explains that he has noted this from watching the american bombers train on airstrips that have outlines of aircraft carriers on them using this strategy they could potentially reach japan without bringing their prized carriers too close to the enemy with this information now in mind a bold plan was put together the u.s carriers with b-NUMBER_TOKENs on board would set sail for japan then at roughly NUMBER_TOKEN miles out at sea the bombers would take off to hit tokyo while the rest of the fleet would turn back for friendly waters then after dropping their bombs the raiders would fly over the china sea to hopefully land at friendly chinese airfields it was risky but navy vice admiral william bullhousey army air commanders henry arnold and lieutenant colonel jimmy doolittle were convinced that it was doable with the right men and machines on the other hand it would be an extremely high risk mission for the brave aviators who carried it out and even if they were successful the damage would likely be minimal bombs falling on tokyo however would instill fear in the hearts of japanese citizens and prompt the military to divert scarce resources from other theaters but more importantly such a dramatic attack would fan the embers of american nationalism and strengthen tense relations with england and the soviet union both of which had been waiting for the slumbering yankee war machine to rise and join the fight to give the brash endeavor any chance of success doolittle was tasked with coordinating and personally leading the mission not from a carrier but
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN in case you guys haven't seen i've got some great new fan wear if you want to support tjNUMBER_TOKEN history and grab something awesome please check out the link in the description END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN