In the spring of 1942, the US bombed Tokyo in what became known as the

The U.S. air raid on Tokyo in April 1942 was led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle and became known as the Doolittle Raid. It was an early U.S. strike against Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway were separate naval battles.

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