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**[[Doolittle Raid]]

* 1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid

...efed on war efforts, and, indeed, bet the Swiss Ambassador $100 that the [[Doolittle Raid]] had not happened. <ref>Harris & Harris, p. 396</ref>

U.S. forces responded with the [[Doolittle Raid]], a takeoff-only carrier attack like the Torndern Raid. [[Image:B25s waiting to take off on Doolittle Raid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|B-25 bombers awaiting takeoff from the U.S.S. ''Horne

...Japanese standpoint, was to extend their defensive perimeter, which the [[Doolittle Raid]] had convinced them was not far enough east. The core Japanese strategy wa The U.S. was unaware, until after the war, that the Doolittle Raid, in April, had so significantly affected Japanese thinking. Also having a s

| Lighter than B-26, made [[Doolittle Raid]]; excellent in low-level anti-shipping versions

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...intelligence]], [[cruiser]] and [[battleship]] command including on the [[Doolittle Raid]], and [[psychological operations]] to encourage a Japanese surrender. He r ...he aircraft carrier [[USS Hornet (CV-8)|''USS Hornet'' (CV-8)]] on the [[Doolittle Raid]].

...re this with the effects, unknown to the US at the time, of the early 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan, which did minimal damage but caused an overreaction on the Japane

...tablished a fairly defensible perimeter in early 1942. As a result of the Doolittle Raid, they made an unwise decision to move the perimeter further east, and fough

...than Yamamoto expected, Nimitz took the offensive to the Japanese in the [[Doolittle Raid]], the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], and, in what is generally believed to b

...t engagement in which a Japanese force turned back from an invasion. The [[Doolittle Raid]] made the Japanese believe their eastern perimeter did not extend far enou The [[Doolittle Raid]] did minimal damage, but was a huge morale booster for the Allies. Only af

...CA-44)]] and ''USS Nashville'' were the heavy ships of the escort of the [[Doolittle Raid]] in April, and were involved in sinking a picket boat.

...e but having an immense psychological effect, as did the subsequent U.S. [[Doolittle raid]] against Japan . [[Hermann Goering]], commanding the Luftwaffe, which incl