European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The and Victory Mastery of air and Beta jew Tiv a within bombing Jap heavy Cruiser Burns off Midway air Power prepared atom reds entry clinched two events hastened jeep a by a stuff the atomic bomb blasted All previous conceptions air but while it May have been the final persuader of the Pacific the conventional air Force weapons helped squeeze Japan to where she had alternative but u air experience in be Gan with a few dozen obsolete fighters manned by volunteers in Claire flying americas entry into the land based aircraft operating from the East fought their first Ereat Battle at Midway in and eventually leapfrogged More than Miles across the Pacific to support advancing american by the wars end the land based Force was Able to put planes in the air in a Day against one planes More than were uses in single operation against Tokyo no target there according to air forces command 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master base of it caused explosions Pilot of the carried who already we Miles As tem Endotti this beatkept1 pts a of the was examination of american Naissance to data Square or 80 per the Tokyo radio Saint Anima was can pretty the destructive Power bomb is Tho news broadcast every being outside simply the air because of the two Days Russia the at Midnight soviet Wojt began moving across the of in a pincer and the Day invaded d business blockade of most unlike the european the Pacific operation called Lor a Spe which could Fly round trips that dwarfed the eng combat shipping across the Tsushima and Korea Straits to from bases in the had Cut a but a thin trickle of Jap ship Ping by the mining of Honshu and Korea East coast by Mariana based super fortresses made this announcement from 20th of head quarters possible in july there now Are no major ship Ping or harbours remaining offering safety to japs of the Jap air which had offered no major opposition since was desperately Short of aviation fuel and trained and was believed to be hoarding its remaining planes to counter the invasion that never came the close of the War saw a cent ration of Allied fighters and bombers in the capable of dropping tons on a single target in one compared a Peak Load of tons dropped on around four fifths them were in Geru Sivula George kennels far East of 20th of started comprising the seventh and wingspan my 3 length w height 27 9 Speed Over 300 Miles per approximate ceiling Over bomb Load up to 10 tons or depending on the length of Mission and amount of Gas armament 10w Caliper machine Landt Oberlin milk run in mile which could handle a 13th another planes operated from Maris fans Andry Fuyu bases in the strategic air forces of Carl the worked in Liaison with the while the Royal australian and dutch air forces had the Jolt of heaver Load of which could Fly at altitudes that made it in Pirvous to Tackack a the b29 the the first b29 flew in it was when the b29 dropped its first bombs in from the almost daily operations against Honshu and smaller Home lands of Japan Small i aiding Force the super fort smash grew to the record raid of 820 made from bases scattered along Asol the smashing Back the had risen to Bat less than the total the this the Price paid smaller top on some i Days in the of islands like tie iwo jims at the wars casualties far the a3 invasions and Marine casualties began to but the enemy paid ratio ranging anywhere to in the Philippines Macarthur men Jap Force of More Thida on the rate i about to on the enemy had twice a Ual Tiea As the t All to his were in two Hirda of ours l isolated world 200 the a 1853 when Commodore an american naval de on japans door resumption of Trade the face of Western influx Japan became a building to decades an Industrial civil Impi of the first Lapite some Jap Inicie attack proven allies pared big Jap Navy Douin to destroyers114 were in the the 102 of Jack and stripes stuff correspondent the v naw which cleared the seas of enemy made to wite the Island and finally was Able to Range up and Down the japanese Home islands shelling s Iris we a reconstructed giant of the Navy which took a beat tog at Pearl while the Fleet Mush Omed to More than the enemy Navy lost size As wee As la the Arst of the japans Navy was stronger than combined Pacific fleets of the nations against Ste was waging with comparatively Tutte Japan overran the Philippines the Netherlands East and was on the March to Australia Points East before the Navy a striking Power was brought against 01 the 216 major surface Craft the Navy to Early to Oats of Rifae aircraft a rulers destroyers414 were in the the Oths ans Tler the Pacific from the mhpptoe5 to the South with about of Effim berthed at Pearl Harbor on the morning of and approximately so of great Britain and Japan had a least 180 Tea to the initial advantage of numerical tatty the enemy added the priceless of tactical position and despite this overwhelming superiority the enemy was Gamboni with As she leaned As Early 1 Mutiny to Coral sea when first reverse and Tot the Hance of tending but the biggest fear to he enemy came a month late june Sofwith us Bas of Midway which restored the of naval Power Ite threat Hawaii and the West Aad can toed the henceforth to Home that Battle use Blu Flo War Tim including Tow As the Jap Fleet was steadily knocked Navy unofficially about three dozen