Doolittle Raid
1942 · Event
American B-25s launched from a carrier bomb Tokyo and other cities; first US attack on the Japanese home islands.
On these timelines: World War II, Japan, Master, USA
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- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)