Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands and anti-aircraft guns shot down about 37 Japanese aircraft during these raids. After the Marianas began to come under attack, the United States military stepped up its raids on the Japanese-held islands which could be used to launch raids on the B-29 bases. Particular attention was given to Iwo Jima, as it was correctly assumed that the Japanese aircraft which attacked the Marianas were flying from Japan and staging through the island en route to their targets. Following the first raid against Saipan in November, XXI Bomber Command B-29s were dispatched against Iwo Jima's airfields on November 5 and 8.
In Control (The Americans) an incredibly convincing false history around actual events (like Alexander Haig coming into possession of the nuclear football), then uses it to illuminate the marriage of Phillip and Elizabeth." In Control (The Americans) "In Control" is the fourth episode of the first season of the period drama television series "The Americans". It originally aired on FX in the United States on February 20, 2013. Ronald Reagan is shot. Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) find out by watching it broadcast on television after spending the afternoon in a hotel room together. Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) and Chris Amador