SUBJECTS > WAR > WWII > April 18,1942 - America Strikes Back
Title:
April 18,1942 - America Strikes Back
Artist:
Robert Horvath
Categories:
SUBJECTS >> WAR >> WWII
Catalog Number:
2015.048
Location:
5TH FLOOR, ATRIUM, 7-8
Description:
The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on 18 April 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. It demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, served as retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and provided an important boost to U.S. morale while damaging Japanese morale. The raid was planned and led by Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Forces.