On 26 November 1941 a force of six aircraft carriers commanded by Vice Admiral Nagumo Japan Chuichi left Hitokappu Bay Kuril Islands and headed to Pearl Harbor without making any direct radio link.
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the armed aircraft bombed the United States military bases on the islands of Hawaii (the largest [...]
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Pearl Harbor Bombing
British Bombing in Germany
Britain retaliated with its own night strategic bombing campaign, which built up from RAF Bomber Command’s tiny beginnings in 1940 to truly massive strength by the end of the war.
The effects of strategic bombing were very poorly understood at the time and grossly overrated. Particularly in the first two years of the campaign, few understood [...]
