The real world effect of the dolittle raid on our allies is not a question of opinion. Most people think that chang kai shek was exaggerating, but cut him in half. 250 thousand chinese civilians paid with their lives in reprisals for the duelittle raid. Even allowing for some exaggeration on chang's part, the dulittle raid thus caused the death of more than twice the number of chinese than the united states military suffered during the entire pacific war. I'm fascinated by human experiences. And i can't help but think about those b 25 crews that have just bombed japan, and whose planes are running out of fuel, nd now they're