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viii, 347 pages ; 24 cm "In March 1942 the Japanese launched Operation K and attacked Pearl Harbor for a second time. The operation was the longest shore-based bombing mission of the war. It lasted nearly thirty-six hours and covered more than 4,750 miles. Two Kawanashi H8K "Emily" flying boats carried out the operation, taking off from the Marshall Islands and using submarines to refuel. Because dense cloud cover over Pearl Harbor obscured the targets, their bombs did no damage, but the attack did have an effect on the American defense posture." "Longtime aviation journalist Steve Horn has written an account of the raid that will appeal to World War II buffs curious about little-known aspects of the war in the Pacific. His book provides a wealth of new material and technical data as it presents details of the March 1942 attack and other Japanese missions that were part of Operation K. Among those he describes are the bombing of the continental United States by a tiny floatplane launched from a submarine and the launching of thousands of bomb-carrying balloons intended to ride the jet stream across the Pacific and create panic and terror in American cities. Horn explains that the J

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Author

Horn, Steve, 1927-

Publisher

US Naval Institute Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781591143888

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14