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Podcast: WW2 Stories & Real War Stories
Episode: The Doolittle Raid - April 18, 1942 (WW2 Stories & Real War Events) part 1
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As dawn broke on the island nation of Japan on April 18, 1942, its citizens woke up to an ordinary day, unaware of the tempest brewing in the skies above. This was a nation at the height of its power, its Imperial forces stretching across the vast expanses of the Pacific. They were the unchallenged masters of the air and sea, their dominance asserted in a devastating blow dealt to the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor just months prior. A feeling of invincibility had permeated through the ranks of the...