On December 7, 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked American ships at Pearl Harbor Hawaii, beginning the American involvement in World War II. It was a sneak attack, and happened before Japan officially declared War. So, by February 1942, the United States had planned a sneak attack of their own- Bomb Tokyo. Navy Colonel - and stunt pilot - Jimmy Doolittle took over the training of a group of Army Air Corps bomber pilots for a raid on Japan. This super secret mission was nearly impossible to pull off, and the most dangerous assignment any of these 80 crew members would ever undertake.
This action packed graphic novel tells the story of the Doolittle Raid, from the training, through the bombings and the aftermath, it is the perfect way to learn this story. We see the attack from the perspective of each bomber and we learn of the fate of the crew members. I cried at the end. It’s a story of WWII that shouldn’t be forgotten. Well done Nathan Hale.
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