The Naval Warfare of World War II: The History of the Ships, Tactics, and Battles that Shaped the Fighting in the Atlantic and Pacific by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2015-06-04T16:00:00+00:00

A B-25B Mitchell taking off on the raid

For Japan, the mission forced them to come to terms with the fact that the home islands were vulnerable. The fact that sites around the Imperial Palace had been bombed was both shocking and humiliating for the emperor and government officials, and the vulnerability Japanese officials felt caused them to reinforce the home islands, thus diverting resources that otherwise could have been used to expand their territory and engage the Americans’ Pacific Fleet. This was especially apparent as Japanese forces pulled back from an attempt on the south Pacific, and especially Australia.

For the United States, the Doolittle Raid showed the nation that they were capable of attacking the Japanese home islands, and also that Japan was a beatable enemy. At the same time, the perceived success of the Doolittle Raid also concerned some military officials who worried that the humiliation the Japanese military most likely felt might compel them to engage in carrier attacks against Hawaii and the West Coast. This forced the military to reinforce these areas, which took away from the Europe-first policy that the Roosevelt administration was engaged in.

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