Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942–1945

Summary

Murray notes that Tillman the author of Whirlwind makes the following points:

• Air Power in the Pacific involved the Army Air Forces, the Navy and Marines.
• The strategic bombing campaign of the Japanese Home Islands depended on an island-hopping campaign.
• The air and naval battles around Guadalcanal, the Solomons and New Guinea allowed the air campaign against Japan itself.
• Lt. Gen. George Kenney, Fifth Air Force leader, was among WW II's more innovative and imaginative airmen.
• The US Navy's massive force of fast carriers was vital in providing air cover during land operations against Japanese held islands.
• Initial use of the B-29 Superfortress failed, forcing a change of tactics to night-time firebombing raids that ultimately devastated Tokyo.

References

• MILITARY HISTORY: INDEX of PAGES AND COLLECTIONS ON THE RAAF RUNWAY
• World War II's Allied Raid of Berlin Involved 1,000 Bombers (But Germany Fought On) | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• Battle Of Britain: The Royal Air Force Stopped Hitler's Total Domination Of Western Europe | The Runway
• DEC 2011 How Bombers Defeated Japan | Air Force Magazine 2011
• MAR 2015 Tokyo WWII firebombing, the single most deadly bombing raid in history, remembered 70 years on | ABC News

Source Information: History Net

• Article Source:  HistoryNet
• Media Check: About Us - History (historyonthenet.com)
• LEARNING OUTCOMES—RUNWAY | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)