Revisionist History

The arguments, accidents, cold-blooded logic and sheer serendipity that led to the longest night of the Second World War. Part three.

SOURCES AND LINKS

• Army Air Force filmTokyo, narrated by Ronald Reagan
• American Airpower Strategy in World War II, by Conrad Crane

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• The Oral History Program Collection at the University of North Texas Special Collections
• The Air Force Historical Research Agency
• The Air Force Academy Oral History Project at the Oral History Archives at Columbia University
• McDermott Library at the The US Air Force Academy
• BBC Motion Gallery / Getty Images