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Article: WINNING THE GREAT PACIFIC WAR.(aerial operations and air force participation in World War II)
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- Airpower
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- July 1, 2001
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Viewed In Retrospect, The Outcome Of Every major Battle Of World War II In The Pacific Depended On Control Of The Air!
Editor's Note:
Although no one disputes the fact, it is seldom appreciated that World War II's successful conclusion was reached when the United States forced Japan to cease fighting and agree to capitulate -- without one U.S. serviceman ever setting foot on that country's soil, prior to the surrender. This unprecedented feat was a direct result of airpower or its threat, and despite nearly four years of furious combat on the ground and at sea, the airplane and the weapons it carried proved to be the decisive instruments in our victory. ...