Craig L. Symonds (Professor of History, Professor of History, U.S.

The Battle of Midway

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Battle of Midway in the central Pacific, on the morning of June 4, 1942, marked a dramatic turning point in the Second World War, when Allied forces seized the upper hand from the Axis powers. Lincoln Prize winner Craig Symonds' riveting, global account of the Battle is now in paperback.

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Produktdetails

• Pivotal Moments in American History
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780199315987
• ISBN-10: 0199315981
• Artikelnr.: 37603132

Autorenporträt

Craig L. Symonds is Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of many books on American naval history, including Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History as well as Lincoln and His Admirals, co-winner of the Lincoln Prize in 2009.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. CinCPac
2. The Kido Butai
3. The Brownshoe Navy
4. American Counterstrike
5. Seeking the Decisive Battle
6. Pete and Jimmy
7. The Codebreakers
8. The Coral Sea
9. The Eve of Battle
10. Opening Act
11. Nagumo's Dilemma (4:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.)
12. The Flight to Nowhere (7:00 A.M. to 11:20 A.M.)
13. Attack of the Torpedo Squadrons (8:30 A.M. to 10:20 A.M.)
14. The Tipping Point (7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.)
15. The Japanese Counterstrike (11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.)
16. Denouement
Epilogue