Cities and Locations of General Doolittle's Military Engagements


Pacific Theater - Doolittle Raid (April 18, 1942)

Primary Japanese Target Cities

  • Tokyo (35.6762°N, 139.6503°E) - Primary target, multiple industrial and military installations bombed

  • Yokohama (35.4478°N, 139.6425°E) - Major port city and industrial center

  • Yokosuka (35.2936°N, 139.6731°E) - Naval base and shipbuilding facilities

  • Nagoya (35.1815°N, 136.9066°E) - Aircraft manufacturing facilities

  • Osaka (34.6937°N, 135.5023°E) - Industrial centers and military installations

  • Kobe (34.6901°N, 135.1956°E) - Port facilities and industrial targets


North African Theater (1942-1943)

Operation Torch Landing Sites (November 1942)

  • Algiers, Algeria (36.7538°N, 3.0588°E) - Twelfth Air Force operational headquarters

  • Oran, Algeria (35.6969°N, 0.6331°W) - Major air operations base

  • Casablanca, Morocco (33.5731°N, 7.5898°W) - Air support operations

  • Rabat, Morocco (34.0209°N, 6.8417°W) - Secondary operations base

Tunisia Campaign Operations

  • Tunis, Tunisia (36.8065°N, 10.1815°E) - Major strategic target and eventual capture site

  • Bizerte, Tunisia (37.2746°N, 9.8739°E) - Port and airfield operations

  • Kasserine, Tunisia (35.1667°N, 8.8333°E) - Air support during ground battles

  • Sfax, Tunisia (34.7406°N, 10.7603°E) - Coastal operations and port facilities

Libyan Operations

  • Tripoli, Libya (32.8872°N, 13.1913°E) - Air operations supporting British Eighth Army advance

  • Benghazi, Libya (32.1167°N, 20.0667°E) - Strategic bombing and reconnaissance missions


Mediterranean Theater (1943-1944)

Italian Campaign Operations

  • Battipaglia, Italy (40.6239°N, 14.9814°E) - Completely destroyed in devastating raid commanded by Doolittle

  • Naples, Italy (40.8518°N, 14.2681°E) - Port facilities and supply line disruption

  • Rome, Italy (41.9028°N, 12.4964°E) - Strategic targets while avoiding Vatican and historical sites

  • Anzio, Italy (41.4497°N, 12.6242°E) - Air support for amphibious operations

  • Foggia, Italy (41.4621°N, 15.5484°E) - Airfield complex operations

Sicilian Campaign

  • Palermo, Sicily (38.1157°N, 13.3615°E) - Port and airfield operations

  • Messina, Sicily (38.1938°N, 15.5540°E) - Strategic targets during invasion

  • Catania, Sicily (37.5079°N, 15.0830°E) - Airfield and military installations

Sardinian Operations

  • Cagliari, Sardinia (39.2238°N, 9.1217°E) - Airfield and port targets


European Theater - Eighth Air Force Operations (1944-1945)

German Industrial Centers

  • Berlin, Germany (52.5200°N, 13.4050°E) - Multiple massive bombing campaigns, including the largest mission on February 3, 1945

  • Hamburg, Germany (53.5511°N, 9.9937°E) - Strategic bombing of shipbuilding and industrial facilities

  • Munich, Germany (48.1351°N, 11.5820°E) - Aircraft production facilities and transportation hubs

  • Stuttgart, Germany (48.7758°N, 9.1829°E) - Automotive and aircraft manufacturing centers

  • Frankfurt, Germany (50.1109°N, 8.6821°E) - Transportation and industrial targets

  • Cologne, Germany (50.9375°N, 6.9603°E) - Industrial facilities and transportation networks

  • Mannheim, Germany (49.4875°N, 8.4660°E) - Chemical industry and transportation targets

Aircraft Manufacturing Centers

  • Leipzig, Germany (51.3397°N, 12.3731°E) - Junkers aircraft production facilities

  • Oschersleben, Germany (52.0333°N, 11.2167°E) - Focke-Wulf aircraft manufacturing

  • Bernburg, Germany (51.7833°N, 11.7333°E) - Aircraft component manufacturing

  • Regensburg, Germany (49.0134°N, 12.1016°E) - Messerschmitt aircraft production

  • Schweinfurt, Germany (50.0453°N, 10.2317°E) - Ball bearing manufacturing critical to aircraft production

French Targets (Pre-Invasion)

  • St. Pol/Siracourt, France (50.3833°N, 2.3500°E) - V-weapon launch sites

  • Le Havre, France (49.4944°N, 0.1079°E) - Port facilities and German fortifications

  • Calais, France (50.9513°N, 1.8587°E) - Coastal defense installations

Belgian and Dutch Operations

  • Brussels, Belgium (50.8503°N, 4.3517°E) - Transportation and supply targets

  • Antwerp, Belgium (51.2194°N, 4.4025°E) - Port facilities and supply lines

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands (52.3676°N, 4.9041°E) - Strategic targets and airfield operations

Strategic Transportation Targets

  • Hamm, Germany (51.6806°N, 7.8206°E) - Major rail marshalling yards

  • Münster, Germany (51.9607°N, 7.6261°E) - Transportation and communication centers

  • Osnabrück, Germany (52.2799°N, 8.0472°E) - Rail junction and military installations

Eastern European Operations

  • Vienna, Austria (48.2082°N, 16.3738°E) - Strategic bombing of industrial and transportation targets

  • Budapest, Hungary (47.4979°N, 19.0402°E) - Oil refineries and transportation infrastructure


Pacific Theater Redeployment (1945)

  • Okinawa, Japan (26.2540°N, 127.8310°E) - Eighth Air Force headquarters for planned invasion of Japan

  • Kadena Airfield, Okinawa (26.3556°N, 127.7681°E) - Primary operational base for B-29 operations against Japan mainland

Training and Preparation Locations

  • Eglin Field, Florida (30.4833°N, 86.5250°W) - Secret training for Doolittle Raid

  • Wagner Field, Florida (30.3578°N, 87.3111°W) - Additional raid preparation

  • McClellan Field, California (38.6667°N, 121.4000°W) - Aircraft modifications for Tokyo raid

  • Naval Air Station Alameda, California (37.7861°N, 122.3178°W) - Final staging before carrier departure

Command Headquarters Locations

  • Algiers, Algeria (36.7538°N, 3.0588°E) - Twelfth Air Force headquarters (1942-1943)

  • Bari, Italy (41.1171°N, 16.8719°E) - Fifteenth Air Force headquarters (1943)

  • High Wycombe, England & Watson 51°33'53.37"N 0°31'29.16"W

  • Primary economy, Watergate: 1971-1974: 41°34'24.00"N 14° 3'0.61"E

  • Primary economy Europe 52° 6'42.97"N 31°46'54.67"E

  • U235, 81 social and economic energy reaction 51°38'48.83"N 0°30'13.71"W

  • Primary economic model, location: 71° 7'11.93"N 8°10'11.47"W: Applied Selection Theory, Aengus & Sullivan, Fourester Research.

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