THE WAR AHEAD: We Can Imagine ...

The target now was Tokyo. All the ships, planes, tanks, trucks, all the guns, rockets, bombs could be turned on Japan.

In Tokyo a newspaper editor implored his readers to renew their determination to fight "a life and death struggle for our very existence."

For the U.S. and Allies it would be no easy task. Before their full strength could be brought to bear, troops and supplies must be moved from Europe (16,000 miles via the Panama Canal, 13,000 miles by ship and train via New York and San Francisco). Even more difficult...

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