Towards the end of WW2 American high altitude B-29 bombers struck into the heart of Japan.But what followed brought the Japanesse a nightmare unequalled in history - one of the most horrendous firestorms ever.After 4 years of fighting the Japanesse Americans realize the only way to get the enemy to submit is to bomb their homeland.Since there is no base close enough to Japan B-29 bombers,the lastest in the American arsenal of aerial weaponry,fly from China - a long and arduous flight.But the B-29 is the key to American air strategy.These revolutionary,heavily armed bombers,the largest produced in the war,are capable of flying at a height of 32,000 feet and weigh approximately 70 tons.Finally the Americans get a foothold in the Marianas Islands.Its only 1500 miles from the island of Japan easily within striking distance for the B-29.