At 02.45 hours on the morning of 6 August 1945, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, named after the pilot's mother, Enola Gay, lifted off from a tiny island deep in the Pacific Ocean on one of the most important missions in human history. The B-29 carried just one bomb; the target was Hiroshima. The d...

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Hauptverfasser:	Grehan, John (VerfasserIn), Nicoll, Alexander (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Barnsley Frontline Books 2023
Schlagworte:	Tinian > Landung > 1944 Indianapolis (Cruiser) World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Northern Mariana Islands / Tinian World War, 1939-1945 / Aerial operations, American Bombing, Aerial / Japan Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands) / History / 20th century Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands) / History, Military / 20th century Bombardement aérien / Japon Bombing, Aerial Military campaigns Military operations, Aerial / American Japan / https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkT7GyCmyjxytDfqk6Yfq Mariana Islands / Tinian / https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgt3hkHfj8X8jyyhgdPcP 1900-1999 History Military history Bildband
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Zusammenfassung:	At 02.45 hours on the morning of 6 August 1945, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, named after the pilot's mother, Enola Gay, lifted off from a tiny island deep in the Pacific Ocean on one of the most important missions in human history. The B-29 carried just one bomb; the target was Hiroshima. The dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and of a second nuclear device on Nagasaki three days later, is known throughout the world. But what is often forgotten is that these missions were only possible following the savage battles to seize the Northern Mariana Islands -which, crucially, were within the B-29's operational range of Japan. With the capture of these islands, the defeat of Hirohito's Imperial Japan became a certainty as for the first time in the war land-based heavy bombers could fly all the way to Tokyo and back. The sparsely-populated island of Tinian was turned into the biggest air base in the world. With six runways, four of which were built for the huge Superfortresses, it was from there that atomic destruction of Japan began. But, before all this, had been the battle for the island -the preliminary naval bombardment, the aerial strikes and the amphibious assault. The story of that battle is told here, in the words and images of the men who took part in that memorable, and ultimately epoch-changing, campaign. Part of this is another story, that of the warship USS Indianapolis. This Portland-class heavy cruiser was handed a secret mission of the utmost significance to national security', that of taking the enriched uranium and other vital parts of the atomic weapons to Tinian. Indianapolis succeeded in its mission, but was left to return to Pearl Harbor unescorted, resulting in one of the most unfortunate and gristly episodes in US maritime history. Few stories encapsulate human endeavour, achievement, sacrifice, and failure in quite such stark contrasts as the taking of the island of Tinian, once the centre of USAAF operations in the Pacific and now just a little-visited speck in the largest ocean in the world
Beschreibung:	Illustrationen und Porträts in s/w
Beschreibung:	xxix, 178 Seiten 24,7 cm
ISBN:	9781399085274