Ranked #82 in Japan History, Ranked #98 in Japanese History
There are few moments in military history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk by American planes. Though the Second World War had three more years to run, the Imperial Japanese Navy would never again initiate a strategic offensive.
In this spellbinding account of a key turning point, one of America’s leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds, paints a portrait of... more
In this spellbinding account of a key turning point, one of America’s leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds, paints a portrait of... more