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Word: hatsudoki (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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...commander, Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell Jr., after the second assault: "We haven't destroyed the plant-not by a damn sight." After the third blow, he still was not satisfied. "Possum" Hansell's flyers had better luck against the two Mitsubishi plants at Nagoya. The Hatsudoki factory had 600,000 square feet (40% of its built-up area) destroyed or gutted by fire. At Kokuki, photographs showed heavy concentrations of bomb hits directly on the assembly buildings and machine shops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Target Japan | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

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