Seven minutes past midnight on 9 March 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a more than 1,800-degree firestorm that liquefied asphalt and vaporised thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: "If we lose, we'll be tried as war criminals". James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night, and describes the developme Black Snow - James M. Scott od authora James M. Scott a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
James M. Scott |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
432 |
| Rok vydání |
2022 |
| Nakladatelství |
WW Norton & Co |
