First published in English in 1955, this was the first Japanese account of their decisive defeat to be made available to the general public. There has been a great deal of research since then, but modern scholarship shows these authors' judgement to be correct and their use of secret Japanese archives remarkably accurate. This is a classic battle narrative and one of the most important to have come from Japan. Described by the US Navy as 'essential reading in any study of modern naval warfare', it is fundamental to our understanding of the Japanese navy and its dramatic reversal of fortune just six months after Pearl Harbor.

Midway : The Japanese Story

Fuchida, Mitsuo

Cassell Military

The great air and sea battle of World War II, as seen through Japanese eyes . . . For the Japanese, confident over the easy victory at Pearl Harbor, the Midway operation had one objective?to draw out the U.S. Navy and destroy it. Thus, on June 4, 1942, Admiral Yamamoto launched his attack on the base at Midway Island with the largest fleet yet assembled in the Pacific, including 350 ships and more than 100,000 officers and men. It was a plan for victory . . . that ended in monumental defeat. Only after this crushing loss did the Japanese ask themselves: What should we have done that we did not do? Why did we fail? Now, for the first time, officers from the Japanese Imperial Navy open the sealed archives to tell the authoritative, dramatic story of what really happened at the historic Battle of Midway . . .

Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan

History

Military

Ballantine Books

The great air and sea battle of the Pacific, as seen through Japanese eyes . . . On June 4, 1942, Admiral Yamamoto launched his attack on Midway with the largest fleet yet assembled in the Pacific. His strike force included 350 ships and over 100,000 officers and men. His objective: to smash the U.S. aircraft carriers based at Midway and break the Navy's power in World War II. Now, for the first time, Japanese officers open the sealed archives to tell the authoritative, dramatic story of what really happened at Midway -- the battle that doomed Japan!

Europe

Fuchida was a former Captain of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and Okumiya, a former Commander, Imperial Japanese Navy. A look at The Battle of Midway, a turning point of the Pacific Theater of World War II. Numerous maps and illustrations. Hardcover. Original jacket. Red pressed cloth. Edges show light bumping. Light toning. Jacket has paper loss on spine. Moderate edge wear and rubbing. VG/Good condition.

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

Naval Institute

Considered the best account available of the Japanese view of the battle.

Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE)

Okumiya, Masatake

Naval_Institute_Press

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Midway : The Japanese Story

Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan

Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan

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

Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE)