{"id":65243,"date":"2021-04-18T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65243"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:33:20","slug":"america-strikes-back-tokyo-in-flames-ww2-138-april-18-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/04\/18\/america-strikes-back-tokyo-in-flames-ww2-138-april-18-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"America Strikes Back &#8211; Tokyo in Flames &#8211; WW2 -138 &#8211; April 18 1942"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVUC9J75Bjg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 17 Apr 2021<\/p>\n<p>The Doolittle Raid is just a little bombing raid over Tokyo that doesn&#8217;t do that much physical damage. It does, however, have big repercussions &mdash; partly in terms of future offensive plans for the Japanese fleet, and partly in terms of the thousands of Chinese lives taken in reprisals for allowing the US bombers to land in China. There is small scattered action on the Eastern Front, more Japanese advances in Burma, and a French VIP escapes captivity in Germany and heads for Switzerland and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSource list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Maria Kyhle<br \/>\nPost-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nResearch by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nSound design: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nMap animations: Eastory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory<\/a>\u200b)<\/p>\n<p>Colorizations by:<br \/>\n&#8211; Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\n&#8211; Norman Stewart &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com\/<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n&#8211; Stan S. 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