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Midway the Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy’s Story by Mitsuo Fuchida
Midway the Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navys Story by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya
Soft Cover
307 pages
Copyright 1992
CONTENTS
Introductionvii
Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy's Story1
Index301
About the Editor308
ON THE BACK COVER
First published in English by the Naval Institute Press in 1955, this landmark study is widely acknowledged for its valuable Japanese insights into the battle that turned the tide of war in the Pacific. Two Japanese naval aviators who participated in the battle provide its unsparing analysis of what caused Japan's staggering defeata disaster the Japanese public did not learn about until the original Japanese edition of the book appeared in 1951. Armed with knowledge of top-secret documents destroyed by the Japanese before the surrender, the authors also had access to private 4 papers and notes from interviews with other eyewitnesses. Mitsuo di Fuchida commanded the Akagi carrier air group at Midway and earlier had led the first air strike on Pearl Harbor. Masatake Okumiya, one of Japan's first dive-bomber pilots, was assigned to the light carrier Ryujo at Midway. They show the operation to be ill-conceived and poorly planned and executed, and they fault their flag officers for lacking initiative, leadership, and clear thinking. With an introduction by Thomas B. Buell, an author known for his study of the battle from the American perspective, this work continues to make a significant contribution to World War II literature.
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