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Midway
- The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle
Engelsk Hardback
Midway
- The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle
Engelsk Hardback

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A detailed re-examination of Midway, one of the most significant battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

In April 1942, the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the zenith of its power. It had struck a severe blow against the US Navy at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, before spearheading the Japanese advance through Southeast Asia and rampaging across the South Pacific. Only a few months later, in June 1942, the US Navy managed to inflict a decisive defeat on this mighty force off Midway Atoll and the strategic initiative in the Pacific Theater passed to the US Navy.

Midway is the most famous naval battle of the Pacific War, and one of the most mythologized. The traditional view of the battle, popularized in its immediate aftermath and surviving through to the present day, is of a heavily outnumbered American force snatching victory in the face of overwhelming odds. This view is simplistic and, in many respects, wrong.

Pacific War expert Mark Stille provides a detailed analysis of this pivotal battle, and argues that Midway was neither a miraculous American victory, nor a product of good fortune, but that the plans, personalities, doctrines, ships and weapons of the two sides meant that a Japanese defeat was the more likely outcome. This new study provides an unparalleled level of insight and thorough analysis into one of the decisive moments of the Pacific War.







Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
400
ISBN-13:
9781472862068
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472862066
Udg. Dato:
12 sep 2024
Længde:
35mm
Bredde:
165mm
Højde:
241mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
12 sep 2024
Forfatter(e):
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