Missions That Changed The War The Doolittle Raid

MISSIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAR:
On December 7, 1941 Japan sent an air attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor. The death and distruction caused by the attacked enraged the U.S. and President Franklin Roosevelt. In the aftermath of the attack President Roosevelt has his military leaders devise of a plan that will allow the U.S. to strike back at Japan in retaliation. What the men come up with is a plan that is unheard of and possibly a death sentence for the soldiers that take part in it. Putting B-25 bombers on aircraft carriers, put those carriers within range of Japan, and launch the bombers off the carriers so they can do a bombing run on cities in Japan before making an escape to China. It would take the cunning and skills of Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle to train the pilots to be able to fly a B-25 off a carrier with barely enough fuel to get to Japan and carry out a mission that will likely be their deaths.