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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Curtis_LeMayCurtis LeMay - Wikipedia

    Hace 2 días · Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, from 1961 to 1965.

    • 1929–1965
    • General

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Debate_over_the_atomicDebate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hace 2 días · In the documentary The Fog of War, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara recalls General Curtis LeMay, who relayed the Presidential order to drop nuclear bombs on Japan, said: "If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals."

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  4. kottke.org › 24/04/0044405-a-day-in-tokyo-aA Day in Tokyo: A 1968 Film Captures a City Reborn 23 Years...

    24 de abr. de 2024 · We don't talk about General Curtis LeMay's firebombing campaign against Japan during WW2 enough. We all know the story about the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, but in the lead up to dropping the bombs we had a months long campaign of firebombing major and minor Japanese cities.

  5. www.nysun.com › article › hamas-clearly-understandsHamas Clearly Understands Israel’s Commitment to Human Life ...

    Hace 5 días · Curtis LeMay, who had been a lieutenant just months before, was now an untried colonel in charge of 35 B-17 bombers. Barely trained, they were so green that LeMay wasn’t even sure they would all make it across the Atlantic. Worse, they would be going up against the world’s best and most experienced air force at that time, the ...

  6. www.barnesandnoble.com › w › black-snow-james-mBlack Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the ...

    16 de abr. de 2024 · Drawing on oral histories and survivor diaries, Scott vividly recounts the air raid on Tokyo orchestrated by Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay, which incinerated one out of every four buildings in the Japanese capital and killed more than 100,000 people.

  7. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Curtis E. LeMay - Oxford Reference

    26 de abr. de 2024 · (1906–1990), air tactician and World War II general.Lemay began his career in 1929 as a fighter pilot and transferred to bombers in 1937. In May 1942, he took command ...

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  9. mphonline.com › products › black-snow-curtis-lemayBlack Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the ...

    16 de abr. de 2024 · Black Snow. “Riveting.… This book is required reading for anyone with even a passing interest in World War II and the Pacific Theater.” ―Bob Carden, Boston Globe Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reac.