Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story

Description: Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story Very Good - Text Unmarked - Binding and Cover Clean and Tight - Wear to Dust Jacket - Ready to Ship By -- Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya, Clarke H. Kawakami, Roger Pineau Published by -- Naval Institute Press, 1992, Annapolis MD, xxiii 310 Pages, Illustrated, Dust Jacket, Hardcover, 8.5" X 5.75" X 1.25", 1 lb 6 oz., ISBN -- 1557505756 / 9781557505750 Series - Classics of naval literature [DUST JACKET]"So decisive was the Japanese defeat at Midway that the grim details of battle were kept secret even within the Japanese Navy. It was not until the original Japanese edition of this book appeared in 1951 that the public in Japan learned the extent of the disaster. Written by two naval aviators who participated in the battle, the book offers an unsparing analysis of what caused Japan's staggering defeat. Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the first air strike on Pearl Harbor, was stationed on the aircraft carrier Akagi. Later, at the Japanese Naval War College, he made a special study of the battle. Masatake Okumiya was aboard the light carrier Ryujo in the Aleutians at the time of the battle, and later served as a staff officer in a carrier division. Armed with knowledge of top-secret documents destroyed by the Japanese when they surrendered, and access to private papers and notes from interviews with other eyewitnesses, they were able to write what is now considered not only a factually accurate but objective account of the Japanese operation. For the Naval Institute edition, the American editors, both naval specialists, checked statements of fact against all available records-Japanese and American—and added footnotes to the text." #NavalLiterature #Bookworm #MitsuoFuchida #CoverArt #BooksBooksBooks #ImperialJapan #bibliophile #NavalHistory #Antiquarian #CuttleboneBooks #MidwayIslands #booksale #UnitedStates #Books #MasatakeOkumiya #Bookstagram #instabooks #PacificTheater #instaread #bookcollecting #booksforsale #BattleOfMidway #WorldWarTwo #readersofinstagram #collectiblebooks #Vintage #PearlHarbor

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