The Battle of Midway
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
c2011.
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| Series: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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Table of Contents:
- CinCPac
- The Kidō butai
- The brownshoe navy
- American counterstrike
- Seeking the decisive battle
- Pete and Jimmy
- The codebreakers
- The Battle of the Coral Sea
- The eve of battle
- Opening act
- Nagumo's dilemma (4:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.)
- The flight to nowhere (7:00 A.M. to 11:20 A.M.)
- Attack of the torpedo squadrons (8:30 A.M. to 10:20 A.M.)
- The tipping point (7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.)
- The Japanese counterstrike (11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.)
- Dénouement
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: American and Japanese aircraft carriers
- Appendix B: American and Japanese aircraft
- Appendix C: American order of battle
- Appendix D: Japanese order of battle
- Appendix E: How much did the U.S. know of Japanese plans?
- Appendix F: The flight to nowhere.