Midway inquest : why the Japanese lost the Battle of Midway

著者

    • Isom, Dallas Woodbury

書誌事項

Midway inquest : why the Japanese lost the Battle of Midway

Dallas Woodbury Isom

(Twentieth-century battles)

Indiana University Press, 2007

  • : cloth

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 6

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Bibliography: p. [389]-392

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Midway, the most famous naval battle in American history, has been the subject of many excellent books. However, none satisfactorily explain why the Japanese lost that battle, given their overwhelming advantage in firepower. While no book may ever silence debate on the subject, Midway Inquest answers the central mystery of the battle. Why could the Japanese not get a bomber strike launched against the American carrier force before being attacked and destroyed by American dive bombers from the Enterprise and Yorktown? Although it is well known that the Japanese were unable to launch an immediate attack because their aircraft were in the process of changing armament, why wasn't the rearming operation reversed and an attack launched before the American planes arrived? Based on extensive research in Japanese primary records, Japanese literature on the battle, and interviews with over two dozen Japanese veterans from the carrier air groups, this book solves the mystery at last.

目次

Foreword Acknowledgments Chapter One - Why This Inquest Chapter Two - Prelude Chapter Three - The Run-up to Midway Chapter Four - The Fatal Decision Chapter Five - Gamble Lost Chapter Six - To Launch or Not to Launch Chapter Seven - Ironies Chapter Eight - Denouement Chapter Nine - Aftermath Chapter Ten - Post-mortem Appendixes Appendix A - Nagumo's Official Report (excerpts) Appendix B - SRMN-012, Traffic Intelligence Summaries, pp. 499-505 Appendix C - Reconstruction of Japanese CAP activity Appendix D - War Game Exercise Notes Selected Bibliography Index

「Nielsen BookData」 より

関連文献: 1件中  1-1を表示

詳細情報

ページトップへ