Title: BLANKETS OF FIRE
Subtitle: U.S. bombers over Japan during World War II
Description: When the focus of World War II shifted to the Pacific in 1944, the Army Air Forces (AAF), equipped with the new, longer-range B-29 bomber, tried to shift strategic bombing tactics as well. Blankets of Fire describes the adjustments necessary to target Japan and places them in the context of overall AAF and wartime strategy.
Subjects: Aerial operations, American, World War, 1939-1945, B-29 (Bomber), American Aerial operations, B-29 bomber, History, Aerial Bombing, Japan, history, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, american, B-twenty-nine bomber, World war, 1939-1945, japan
Places: Japan
Time periods: Bombardment, 1941-1945