Episode 333-The Doolittle Raid Pt 4: The Pacific War Takes Shape

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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As most of Doolittle's Raiders make it home safely, one crew is soon in Stalin's hands and two others are captured by the Japanese. After this, go back and listen to Episode 299, to hear the end of the tale. Pic-Doolittle with President Roosevelt. Twitter-@WW2Podcaster. Facebook-A History of World War II Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.0	Episode 33, The Dude Little Raid Part 4, The Pacific War, Take Shape.
1:22.0	The Americans had answered the challenge thrown down at Pearl Harbor.
1:26.0	The raiding pilots post-action reports were later scrutinized by Army Air Force Intelligence officers seeking out their next target.
1:35.0	And that would be, but not until November 24th of 1944, an aircraft plant of the Nakajima Aircraft Company.
1:44.0	On that day, the manufacturing building was hit by 111 B-29 bombers.
1:51.0	Numbers Do Little Could Only Dream Of in 1942.
1:55.0	Still, the Americans had answered kind, for kind, and how would Tokyo respond?
2:01.0	Pretty savagely, as it turned out.
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