Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War Battle of Bataan, 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – American Carrier Operations, 7 December 1941-18 April 1942
Micronesia, Melanesia and New Guinea: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive-Japanese Fourth Fleet and South Seas Detachment Operations, December 1941-April 1942
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Centrifugal Offensive, 10 December 1941-6 May 1942-Fourteenth Army Operations on Luzon
Netherlands East Indies, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941-April 1942, Sixteenth Army and Southern Force (Navy) Operations
Southern Asia, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive (and Continued Operations), January-May 1942
Eastern Europe, 1941: Soviet Winter Offensive – Operations, 6 December 1941-7 May 1942
North Africa, 1940: Rommel’s Second Offensive, 21 January-7 July 1942
Carroll V. Glines, The Doolittle Raid
Doolittle Raid Launch Footage (9:29)
Today’s excerpt ends with the launching of the B-25’s from the deck of the Hornet. As you might imagine there are several chapters that cover the next 24 hours of the story. You will have to buy the book if you want the details. It is a good investment, in my strictly nonacademic opinion. The author, Carroll V. Glines got most of his information first-hand from participants in the raid. He was an Air Force pilot first and a writer second. Once on a flight he talked to a former Doolittle raid crew member who was still flying and decided to write their story.
As time permits I will search out more excerpts as we move along the timeline that never rests – Homer.
