The Japanese made a suprise attack on the U.S naval ships in Hawaii, which caused lots of damage.
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941.
Yes Sir!
Yes Sir!
We need to strike back on Japan! Understood?
Yes Sir!
Yes Sir!
Doolittle was given the job at Army Airforces headquarters to plan and lead the upcoming raid. That is why the bombing is called the Doolittle raid.
General Doolitle, you will be planning and leading the raid.
Okay, Sir
After that we will make our way to China to land there
We are going to drop the bombs on Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Kobe, and Osaka.
U.S navy's USS Hornet aircraft carrier
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The Japanese boat radioded to Japan that there was going to be an attack. The B-25 bombers were 200 miles farther away from Japan than expected and they didn't know if they would have enough fuel to get to China and land.
That aircraft carrier looks suspicious. Are those bombers?
What is that?
Oh, it just looks like a fisherman boat
All of the bombers successfully took off from the USS Hornet and six hours later they reached Japan.