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The Battle of Midway: a Bibliography

(4th Ed.)

Huygen, Michaele Lee

http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6692
The Battle of Midway

A Bibliography

4nd Edition

Compiled and selectively annotated by

Michaele Lee Huygen

Updated by

Greta E. Marlatt

Dudley Knox Library

Naval Postgraduate School

April 2012
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Introduction

"... Midway was indeed an ‘incredible victory’, as great a reversal of strategic 

fortune as the naval world had ever seen, before or since, and a startling vindication of 

the belief of the naval aviation pioneers in the carrier and its aircraft as the weapon of 

future maritime dominance."

John Keegan, The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare. New York: 

Viking, 1989. p. 211

This is a selected, partially annotated bibliography listing books, periodical articles, web 

sites, and videos related to the Battle of Midway. Certain entries have brief annotations, 

many of which are taken from annotations in other bibliographies, books, and book 

reviews, when attributed, and directly from library cataloger’s notes when not. Although 

listings for materials in foreign languages are included, the greatest number of entries is 

for English language materials. The bibliography is intended to be a tool to assist 

researchers as they study this significant battle, which turned the tide in the Pacific 

theater. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all materials on the topic.

Why are there so many citations to the same titles? In publishing, history tends to 

repeat itself as well. It is frequently hard to decide if you’ve read a book ... is it a new 

edition by a different publisher, or a new edition by the same publisher, or a reprint of an 

old edition by a different publisher, or a reprint in a series? We hope this will help.

History has also allowed more detailed research, with more sweeping views. If we 

found it and it compares Midway with other battles and other places, it’s included too.

The letters "NPS/DKL," followed by location and call number information, identify the 

books held by the Naval Postgraduate School Dudley Knox Library. Many of the journal 

articles are also accessible in the Dudley Knox Library. Consult with the reference or 

interlibrary loan departments of your local library for advice on obtaining materials of 

interest to you.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOKS..............................................................................1

BOOKS - The Children’s Corner .....................................70

PERIODICAL ARTICLES ................................................72

AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS...............................88

WEB SITES.....................................................................95

NEWSPAPER ARTICES – SELECTED ........................103

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BOOKS

Agawa, Hiroyuki. Huang Hai Chih Chiu: Jih-Pen Hai Chun Ta Chiang Shan-Pen 

Wu-Shih Liu. Ti 1 Pan. Pei-ching: Hai chun ch'u pan she, 1989. 392p.

Chinese translation of Yamamoto Isoroku.

Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. 1st ed. 

Tokyo: Kodansha International; New York: distributed in the United States through 

Harper & Row, 1979. 397p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT25 .A5 A37

U.S. planes ambushed Yamamoto in April 1943 when he was flying over the Solomon Islands to 

inspect troops. Agawa believes the decision to attack Yamamoto was in part made by Americans based 

on the misconception that the admiral was a hard-line militarist. -- Matt Miller, The San Diego UnionTribune A-10, December 7, 1991.

Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. 1st 

paperback ed. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, 1982. 397p.

English translation of Yamamoto Isoroku, with some abridgement approved by the author.

Agawa, Hiroyuki. Yamamoto: Amiral De La Marine Imperiale Chef De Guerre 

Malgre Lui. Paris: Editions France-Empire, c1982. 437p.

Agawa, Hiroyuki. Yamamoto Isoroku. [Shinsoban]. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1994. 470p.

Originally published: Tokyo: Shinchosha, Showa 40 [1965

Alcala, Robert W. Effective Operational Deception: Learning the Lessons of 

Midway and Desert Storm. Newport, RI: Naval War College, February 1995. 22p.

Abstract: The successful application of military deception is guided by the principles of war and by the 

principles of military deception. In particular, the principles of economy of force and integration serve the 

operational planner by ensuring an efficient use of military deception. Two historical case studies are 

presented to illustrate the degree to which the above principles were applied during the Battle of Midway 

and operation DESERT STORM. The Japanese deception plan failed to adequately incorporate the 

economy of force principle by devoting too many carrier assets to the Aleutian campaign. Likewise, the 

coalition's amphibious landing deception plan utilized almost an entire division of embarked Marines to 

accomplish what a much smaller force could have done. Additionally, the amphibious deception plan was 

never fully integrated into the overall campaign plan, and indeed, became a deception plan by default. 

Alternative allocations of forces are suggested that would have led to more efficient deception plans, and 

lessons learned are highlighted to promote the consideration of the principles of economy of force and 

integration into future operational planning.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA293375

Aldrich, Richard J. Intelligence and the War Against Japan: Britain, America and 

the Politics of Secret Service. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 

2000. 524p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL/INTELL D810.S7 A482 2000

This exhaustively researched book looks at ‘the politics of secret service during the Far Eastern 

War' and at how the Allied forces' secret war fought the Japanese through the work of S.O.E. and the 
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American equivalent, the Office of Secret Services. The author also examines how, after the American 

victory of Midway in June 1942, the two secret services coped with each other, spied on each other and 

helped their relevant governments cope with the inevitable Anglo-American conflicts after the war ended 

.... This study puts a lot of flesh onto the well known conflict between H.M. Government and the U.S. 

Government over the future of imperial power in the Far East: over the decline of the British and the 

growth of the American. -- Anonymous, Contemporary Review 278(1620):62 January 2001.

Allen, Mark W. Midway Submerged: An Analysis of American and Japanese 

Submarine Operations at the Battle of Midway, June 1942. Luniverse Inc., 2011.

Alvarez, David, ed. Allied and Axis Signals Intelligence in World War II. London; 

Portland, OR: F. Cass, 1999. 229p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D810.C88 A45 1999

Alvarez, David J. Secret Messages: Codebreaking and American Diplomacy, 1930-

1945. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2000. 292p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D810 .C88 A48 2000

Andrieu d'Albas, Emmanuel Marie Auguste. Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action 

in World War II. New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1957. 362p.

The section titled “About Midway” tells the whole story: Chapter 10, “The Decisive Moment;” Chapter 11, 

“The Moon is So Bright!;” Chapter 12, “Smoke and Mist.”

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D777 .A6

Andrieu d'Albas, Emmanuel Marie Auguste. Marine Imperiale, Les Flottes Du Mikado 

Dans La Ie Guerre Mondiale. Paris, Amiot-Dumont, [1954]. 240p.

French translation of Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II

Argyle, C. J. Japan At War, 1937-45. London: A. Barker, c1976. 224p.

Astor, Gerald. Wings of Gold: the U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II. 1st ed. 

New York: Presidio Press/Ballantine Books, 2004. 452p.

Contents: First wings -- War begins -- The engagements begin -- from Tokyo to the Coral Sea -- The 

Midway sideshow -- The Battle for Midway -- Guadalcanal -- Taking the offensive -- Flights back, 

escapes, and rescues -- Antisubmarine warfare -- Invasion hawks and birds of the night -- Aces and 

advances -- Mitscher shampoos and New Guinea -- The Marianas overtures -- The Great Marianas 

Turkey Shoot -- The Battle of the Philippine Sea -- Night fighters and ground support -- The Battle of 

Leyte Gulf: Act I -- The Battle of Leyte Gulf. Act II -- Carrying the fight to the home islands -- Iwo and 

Okinawa -- The endgame -- The last tallyho.

Accounts of U.S. naval aviation and its epic contributions to victory in World War II fill numerous 

volumes. The subtitle of Gerald Astor's addition to the anthology of such works hints at the mundane, but 

do not be misled. Relying on oral histories and pure literary skill, he tells the naval aviation story in a 

compelling fashion that makes this book special. He lets those who fought the war bring it to life by way of 

their firsthand, I-was-there accounts. Some of the oral histories may have been recounted in other works, 

but they are presented here collectively in a well-structured, chronological fashion that captures the 

electrifying, if often somber, realities of aerial combat. -- Rosario M. Rausa, United States Naval 

Institute Proceedings 130(9):82-83 September 2004.
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Ballard, Robert D. and Rick Archbold. Return to Midway: The Quest to Find the Lost 

Ships from the Greatest Battle of the Pacific War. Washington: National Geographic 

Society, c1999. 191p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774.M5 B35 1999

At first glance, this book looks like an excellent coffee table book, but be assured it is more than 

that. It is an excellent account of the battle and the condition of the Yorktown as it appears 56 years later. 

-- Donald M. Goldstein, United States Naval Institute Proceedings 126(2):98 February 2000.

Ballard, Robert D. and Rick Archbold and. Return to Midway. London: Cassell, 1999. 

191p.

Ballard, Robert D. and Rick Archbold and. Rückkehr Nach Midway [Übers. Ralf 

Friese]. Gebundene Ausgabe. Berlin: Ullstein, 1999. 191p.

German translation of Return to Midway.

Barde, Robert E. The Battle of Midway: A Study in Command. College Park, MD: 

University of Maryland: (Ph.D.) Dissertation, 1971. 465p.

Barker, A. J. Middoue. Tokyo: Sankeisha, [1971]. 222p.

Japanese translation of Midway: The Turning Point.

Barker, A. J. Midway. New York: Galahad Books, c1981. 64p.

Barker, A. J. Midway. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1983. 64p.

Barker, A. J. Midway: The Turning Point. [New York]: B[allantine], 1971. 160p.

Barker, A. J. Midway: The Turning Point. London: Macdonald & Co, 1971. 160p.

Barlow, Jeffrey G. Revolt of the Admirals: The Fight for Naval Aviation, 1945-1950. 

Washington: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 1994. 420p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL VG93 .B36 1994

Barnes, G. I. Great Warriors of World War II. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air Command And 

Staff College, March 1984. 38p.

Abstract: This student report presents a review, analysis, and comparison of the military strategies of 

Admiral Ernest J. King and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during the first six months of World War II. Strategy 

is analyzed in the context of the Air Command and Staff College strategy process model and provides 

insight into the application of strategy and the actual process by which it is derived.

Electronic Access : http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA145334

Bates, Richard W. The Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1 to May 11 Inclusive, 1942. 

Strategical and Tactical Analysis. Newport, RI: Naval War College, January 1947. 

181p.

Abstract: Setting a precedent in naval history, the Battle of the Coral Sea was the first major naval 

engagement in which the outcome was determined by air operations only; there was no gun action 

between surface ships. The Japanese and Allied forces attempted to destroy each other simultaneously 
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by means of carrier-based air attacks. Allied and Japanese data are the basis of this record wherein the 

deployment and dispositions of the forces and the important weather factors are addressed and the three 

phases of the battle operations are recounted. Plates and diagrams clarify the course of the action, and 

battle lessons are drawn from the encounter. While the loss of the carrier Lexington represented a serious 

blow to the U.S. Navy, nevertheless this battle was an Allied success and laid the groundwork for 

misapprehensions by the Japanese command, resulting in their thorough defeat at Midway.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA003053

Bates, Richard W. The Battle of Midway Including the Aleutian Phase, June 3 to 

June 14, 1942: Strategical and Tactical Analysis. Newport, RI: Naval War College, 

January 1948. (XB-91067; NAVPERS 91067). 333p.

Abstract: The Battle of Midway, a decisive engagement of World War II in the Pacific, was also of major 

importance in naval history. Following the precedent set in the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway was 

fundamentally an air action. Japan's objective was to extend her eastern frontiers through the seizure of 

the Midway Atoll, and decisively to engage the American Navy under conditions favoring Japan, with the 

Aleutians operation as a diversion posing a threat to Alaska. The United States intent was to end the 

Japanese threat to Hawaii and Japan's offensive action in that area and to reestablish the balance of 

naval power in the Pacific. The outstanding American naval strategical and tactical victory confirmed the 

Allied concept, while Japan's heavy losses forced her to adopt a defensive role and to 

change her fleet organization, emphasizing carriers over battleships.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774.M5 B37 1948

Electronic Access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA003054

Bateson, Charles. The War with Japan: A Concise History. [East Lansing]: Michigan 

State University Press; London: Barrie & Rockliff, Cresset Press; Sydney, London: Ure 

Smith, 1968. 417p.

Bath, Alan Harris. Tracking the Axis Enemy: The Triumph of Anglo-American 

Naval Intelligence. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, c1998. 308p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL/INTELL D810.S7 B35 1998

In recent years, the release by various governments of hitherto secret documents relating to the 

Second World War has significantly increased our understanding of the military, naval, and political 

aspects of the conflict. As this fine book demonstrates, nowhere has our understanding been more 

enhanced than in the area of intelligence policy and operations. Drawing upon declassified intelligence 

records now available in American, Australian, British, Canadian, and New Zealand archives, the author 

provides a detailed and highly readable account of the achievements and vicissitudes of Allied 

cooperation in naval intelligence. Basically, it is the story of how disparate, understaffed, national 

organizations moved (with occasional backsliding) toward cooperation in multinational organizations that 

(usually) rose above parochial interests in order to advance the common effort .... At least until mid-1943, 

when concern for postwar political and strategic advantage began to preoccupy civilian and naval 

authorities on both sides of the Atlantic, the British eagerly took the initiative in pursuing intelligence 

collaboration and the Americans were pleased to benefit from the hard-earned experience of the Royal 

Navy .... the book contributes additional detail and insight. It acknowledges that cooperation did not 

proceed apace in all theaters of war, and it reveals how powerful personalities (for example, Admiral 

Ernest King or Admiral John Godfrey) often advanced or impeded collaboration. -- David Alvarez, The 

Journal of Military History 63(2):488-489 April 1999.
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Beach, Edward Latimer. The United States Navy: 200 years. 1st ed. New York: H. 

Holt, c1986. 564p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL VA55 .B36 1986

According to Beach, it was not until the attack on Pearl Harbor that the navy shed its peacetime 

lethargy. But Beach's assessment is too harsh, because there were important accomplishments between 

1920 and 1941. For example, radar was developed then, which gave us a tremendous advantage over 

any enemy. Naval air power had been extensively developed by such movers and shakers as William 

Moffett, Ernest J. King, Bill Halsey, and Jack Towers. The aircraft, pilots, and tactics that won the Battle of 

Midway, only six months after Pearl Harbor, had not come into being overnight: they had evolved from 

training and development in the pre-war years. -- Thomas B. Buell, The Washington Post Book World

5 August 3, 1986.

Bell, P.M.H. (Philip Michael Hett). Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War. 

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011. 264p. 

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D731 .B45 2001

Contents: Hitler's triumph : the collapse of France, May-June 1940 -- 'Finest hour' : the Battle of Britain, 

July-September 1940 -- Operation Barbarossa : the German attack on the Soviet Union, 1941 -- Pearl 

Harbor, December 1941 : the war becomes a World War -- The battle of Midway, 4 June 1942 -- The 

battle of Stalingrad, July 1942-February 1943 -- Convoys and wolf packs : decision in the Atlantic, MarchMay, 1943 -- 'The proper application of overwhelming force' : the battle of the factories -- The Teheran 

Conference, 28 November-1 December 1943 : turning point for the Grand Alliance -- D-Day and the 

Battle of Normandy, June-July 1944 -- 'A fateful conference' : Yalta, 4-11 February 1945 -- The defeat of 

Japan and the atomic bombs, 1945.

Belote, James H. and William M. Belote. Titans of the Seas: The Development and 

Operations of Japanese and American Carrier Task Forces During World War II. 

1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1975]. 336p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .B4

This book supplies a contrast between USN and IJN carriers and carrier doctrine. -- Paul S. Dull, 

A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 

1978. 377p.

Bennett, Geoffrey Martin. Naval Battles of World War II. London: Batsford, 1975. 

253p.

Bennett, Geoffrey Martin. Naval Battles of World War II. 1st American ed. New York: 

D. Mckay, 1975. 253p.

Bicheno, Hugh. Midway. London: Cassell, 2001. (Cassell's Fields of battle). 232p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774.M5 B53 2001
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Bischof, Günter and Robert L. Dupont (eds.). The Pacific War Revisited. Baton 

Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1997. (Eisenhower Center studies on war 

and peace). 220p.

Revised papers originally delivered during the annual spring conference held in 1991 at the Eisenhower 

Center at the University of New Orleans; papers given by the editors are not included.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .P334 

While American and Japanese specialists doing research on the Second World War will find only 

parts of this The Pacific War Revisited useful, it is important to remember that professional academics are 

not the only individuals interested in history. A good deal of the general public in the United States gets 

their understanding of the past from documentaries on cable television or from motion pictures. Parts of 

the public do read, though, and it seems that the editors at the LSU Press hope to market and sell copies 

to a general audience. As such, it is a good tool to make people stop and think about this conflict more 

than they would if they are watching television. Collectively, the chapters in this compilation cover a wide 

range of issues about the American experience in the Pacific and run counter to popular and widely held 

views. These essays are solid, adequate pieces of scholarship, and the fact that many of them are 

recycled or condensed versions of larger projects does not make the ideas and issues presented in them 

any less valid than those found in those other venues. For these reasons, we who teach courses that 

cover the conflict in some manner should consider assigning this book to out students. -- Nicholas Evan 

Sarantakes, Department of History, Texas A&M University-Commerce. 

http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=702911854065

Blond, Georges. Le Survivant Du Pacifique: L'odyssée De l'Enterprise. Paris: 

Presses de la Cité, 1973. 308p.

Originally published: Paris: A. Fayard, 1957.

Boei Kenshujo (Japan). Senshishitsu. Middoue Kaisen. [Tokyo]: Asagumo 

Shinbunsha, [1971]. 657p.

Edited by the National Defense College, Tokyo.

Boling, James L. Campaign Planning: A Doctrinal Assessment through the Study 

of the Japanese Campaign of 1942. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Army Command And 

General Staff College School of Advanced Military Studies, May 1997. 68p.

Abstract: This monograph assesses the adequacy of current United States joint campaign planning 

doctrine within the context of conventional operations between similar forces within a theater of war. The 

study focuses on five key doctrinal planning concepts -- center of gravity, decisive points, operational 

reach, balance, and branches and sequels. A case study of Japanese campaign planning efforts at the 

beginning of 1942 and the retroactive application of selected joint doctrine planning concepts to these 

efforts is the method and medium of inquiry. Japanese operational planning in 1942 contained a number 

of complex and difficult challenges. These challenges present a rigorous test for current doctrine. 

Historically, this process resulted in the disastrous attempt to invade Midway Island. Joint doctrine is 

assessed as adequate if its application to 1942 Japanese planning would have resulted in the 

development of a campaign plan potentially more successful than the historical Midway operation. This 

paper concludes that the rigorous application of current joint doctrine by the Japanese to the planning for 

the 1942 campaign would have resulted in the production of a more thorough, resilient, and potentially 

more successful plan. Joint campaign planning doctrine, a way to think about warfare, would have 

overcome the challenges involved in planning this campaign.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA331176
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Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Titans: World War II at Sea. New York: Simon & Schuster, 

1995. 381p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D770 .B675 1995

If Boyne has a message to convey, it seems to be this: By their diplomacy of appeasement and 

their penny-pinching on naval budgets, the American and British politicians of the years between the 

world wars almost ensured their nation's defeat when war came. American carrier planes were 

obsolescent and the torpedoes they launched failed to explode. At Midway, only six of 41 U.S. torpedo 

bombers survived, and not one of their torpedoes did any damage to Japanese warships. The lives of 

these American aviators were squandered. -- David Smith, The Associated Press, August 11, 1995 (BC 

cycle).

Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Wings: Air Power in World War II. New York: Simon & 

Schuster, c1994. 415p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D785 .B69 1994

Boyne is at his best recounting the years when airpower was still inchoate, and sheer luck (as at 

Midway), sheer bravado (the unsung Soviets as well as the RAF's Fighter Command) and sheer ingenuity 

(the Luftwaffe's defense in depth of German airspace) turned a defiant thumbs up. But if Hitler had three 

chances for victory, the Japanese had only one for staving off defeat. After the battle of Midway, 

American airpower became both true and total, and the Japanese naval and army air arms succumbed to 

the preponderance of American industrial might. -- Robert Andersen, Chicago Tribune TRIBUNE 

BOOKS 6 October 30, 1994.

Bradley, John H. and Jack W Dice. The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific. 

[Garden City Park, NY]: Square One Publishers, 2002, 1984. (The West Point Military 

History Series). 328p.

Contents: Toward a new order in the Far East -- from Versailles to Pearl Harbor: development of the 

American Armed Forces -- "East wind, rain": Japan strikes -- Centrifugal offensive: Japan victorious --

Waltzing Matilda: the early Carrier War -- Legacy of Midway: the Jungle War -- Atolls, volcanoes, and 

carriers: Nimitz strikes -- "I shall return" -- China-Burma-India: the war for East Asia -- Allied victory: 

toward a newer order in the Far East. Originally published: West Point, NY: Dept. of History, United States Military Academy.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .B73 1984

Bresnahan, James C. Refighting the Pacific War: An Alternative History of World 

War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Instuite Press, 2011. 275p.

Contents: Seeds of conflict -- Peace or war, 1941 -- December 7 : Pearl Harbor -- Rising sun, December 

1941-April 1942 -- Turning the tide, spring 1942 – Decisive battle: Midway I -- Rising sun eclipsed : 

Midway II -- Island of death: Guadalcanal -- Beginning of the end, 1943-1944 -- A terrible climax, 1945.

Brown, J. D. Carrier Operations in World War II. London, Allan, 1968-. 2 v.

Revised edition has author as David Brown.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D785 .B8 PUB.1968

Brown, J. D. Carrier Operations in World War II. Revised ed. London: Allan; 

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1974- . 2 v.

Contents: v. 1. The Royal Navy. Rev. ed. -- v. 2. The Pacific navies, Dec. 1941-Feb. 1943.
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Brown, Thomas F., III. Rear Admiral Thomas F. Brown III, United States Navy 

(retired) / oral history conducted by Joseph Smith. Washington, DC: Oral History 

Program, Naval Historical Foundation, 2004. 43 l. 

"Oral history conducted by Joseph Smith, 5 March 2002, 24 March 2002.”

NPS/DKL Location: FEDDOCS D 221.6/5:B 76

Buchanan, A.R., ed. The Navy's Air War, a Mission Completed. New York, London: 

Harper & Brothers, [1946]. 432p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D790 .U56

Buderi, Robert. The Invention That Changed the World: How a Small Group of 

Radar Pioneers Won the Second World War and Launched a Technological 

Revolution. New York: Simon & Schuster, c1996. 575p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL TK6574.2 .B84 1996

The first half of his book makes a strong case that the atomic bomb only ended WWII--it was 

radar that won it. Radar tipped the balance in the Battle of Britain, at Midway and in the Solomons.... In 

the second half of the book, he devotes half a dozen chapters to biographical sketches of key, albeit little 

known, participants in the wartime radar program. -- Genevieve Stuttaford, Publishers Weekly

243(35):86 August 26, 1996.

Budiansky, Stephen. Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World 

War II. New York: Free Press, c2000. 436p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D810 .C88 B83 2000

In June of 1942, Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of Japan's combined fleet, 

launched a massive assault on Midway Island. The mission’s aim was to draw U.S. aircraft carriers into 

battle, devastate an American naval opponent still reeling from Pearl Harbor and force America to accept 

a negotiated settlement of hostilities.... Three months earlier, U.S. Navy codebreakers at Pearl Harbor 

had finished breaking Japan's naval code, an astonishing feat that turned the tide in the Pacific Theater. 

Nimitz beat Yamamoto to the punch with aircraft from the Yorktown and the Enterprise and destroyed four 

Japanese aircraft carriers and 300 planes in a single day. Yamamoto turned and ran, never again to seize 

the offensive. -- Vernon Loeb, The Washington Post BOOK WORLD T09, February 11, 2001.

Buell, Harold L. Dauntless Helldivers: A Dive-Bomber Pilot's Epic Story of the 

Carrier Battles. New York: Orion Books, c1991. 348p.

Buell, Thomas B. Master of Sea Power: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. 

King. 1st ed. Boston: Little, Brown, c1980. 609p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT11.I4 B95

Buell, Thomas B. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. 

Spruance. [1st Buell, Thomas B ed.]. Boston: Little, Brown [1974]. 486p.

Some of the best works in the Pacific war are the biographies of leading actors in the conflict. 

Here again, it's hard to make a choice because there are many good books ... my personal vote goes to 

Thomas E. Buell's The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance (1974) on the naval 

side.... Buell's work, to which he brought the technical knowledge of an experienced sea officer, not only 

adds to our knowledge of the campaigns in which Spruance took part but is a model of objective and 

insightful biography. -- Ronald H. Spector, The Washington Post Book World 1, August 11, 1985.
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Buell, Thomas B. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. 

Spruance. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1987. 518p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT19.P9 B9 1987

Burgess, Ronald L. Operational Intelligence: Is It a Panacea? Fort Leavenworth, 

KS: Army Command And General Staff College School of Advanced Military Studies, 

April 1987. 48p.

Abstract: This study investigates the question that if valid operational intelligence is available, are there 

reasons or factors that preclude it from contributing to or providing operational success? Case studies 

utilizing intelligence indicators from Pearl Harbor, Midway, and the Battle of the Ardennes are cited for 

use in the study. Doctrinal requirements from FM 34-1, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Operations, 

form the basis for the study along with considerations from FM 100-5, Operations. The study concludes 

that operational intelligence indicators were present in all three case studies. The paper presents the 

case that while Midway is considered an intelligence success and Pearl Harbor and the Ardennes an 

intelligence failure, the intelligence indicators were present in all three to varying degrees and therefore 

intelligence should have contributed to operational success.

Burns, Eugene. Then There Was One: The U.S.S. Enterprise and the First Year of 

War. 1st ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & company, [1944]. 179p.

NPS/DKL Location: BUCKLEY D774.E5 B9

Burns, Eugene. Et S'il N'en Reste Qu'un ... Le Porte-Avions Enterprise Et La 

Premere Annce De Guerge Du Pacifique. New York: [1945]. 180p.

French translation of Then There Was One: The U.S.S. Enterprise and the First Year of War.

Caidin, Martin. Golden Wings: A Pictorial History of the United States Navy and 

Marine Corps in the Air. New York: Random House, 1960. 232p.

NPS/DKL Location: FOLIO VG93 .C2

Caidin, Martin. Golden Wings: A Pictorial History of the United States Navy and 

Marine Corps in the Air. [New York]: Arno Press, [1972, c1960]. 232p.

Calvocoressi, Peter and Guy Wint. Total War: The Story of World War II. [1st 

American ed.]. [New York]: Pantheon Books, [1972]. 959p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D743 .C24 1972

Calvocoressi, Peter and Guy Wint. Total War: Causes and Courses of the Second 

World [London]: Allen Lane the Penguin Press, [1972]. 959p.

Calvocoressi, Peter and Guy Wint. Total War: Causes and Courses of the Second 

World War. Harmondsworth [etc.]: Penguin, 1979. 965p.

Calvocoressi, Peter and Guy Wint and John Pritchard. Total War: The Causes and 

Courses of the Second World War. Rev. 2nd ed. New York: Pantheon Books, 

c1989. 1315p.

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Calvocoressi, Peter and Guy Wint and John Pritchard. Total War: The Causes and 

Courses of the Second World War. Rev. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 

England; New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, 1989. 1315p.

This massive investigation into the causes and courses of the second world war has been 

extensively revised. It is now issued in two volumes. The first deals with the western hemisphere. It is now 

possible to include the story of the critical breakthrough in cipher decoding which changed the balance of 

strength in favour of the Allies. The view of appeasement presented is that it was motivated by fears of 

the Japanese taking advantage of European war to attack British interests in the Far East. The second 

volume looks at the historical factors which led not only to the Japanese waging war but to the fanaticism 

with which they conducted it. Together the volumes provide an impressive level of detail -- Austin 

MacCurtain, The Times (London) Issue 8609, August 13 1989.

Calvocoressi, Peter and Guy Wint and John Pritchard. Total War: The Causes and 

Courses of the Second World War. Rev. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1995. 

1315p.

Campbell, Christopher. Air War Pacific. London: Hamlyn, 1991. 176p.

Cant, Gilbert. America's Navy in World War II. New York: John Day, [c1943]. 432p.

NPS/DKL Location: BUCKLEY D773 .C16

Cant, Gilbert. America's Navy in World War II. Rev. ed. New York: John Day, [1944]. 

433p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D773 .C16 1944

Carl, Marion E. and Barrett Tillman. Pushing the Envelope: The Career of Fighter 

Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press; London: 

Greenhill [distributor], 2005. (Bluejacket books). 133p.

Originally published: Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994.

Contents: Beginnings -- Pensacola -- Midway -- Guadalcanal -- Edna -- Pax River -- Jet squadron -- Flight 

test-again -- Banshees over China -- War College and Washington -- Vietnam -- The Sheriff of Cherry 

Point -- Retirement and hunting.

A blunt, spare autobiography from a past president of the American Fighter Aces Association. 

Carl neither minces nor wastes words in recalling a distinguished career as a US Marine Corps aviator, 

which began immediately after his 1938 graduation from Oregon State and ended 35 years later when he 

retired with the rank of major general. Having earned his wings in 1939 ... an early-bird arrival in WW II's 

Pacific theater ... [f]lying F4F Wildcats in the unfriendly skies above Midway and Guadalcanal, he downed 

16 Japanese planes ... showcased as the USMC's first ace ... survived a second tour in the Solomons, 

adding two more kills to his victory total, and ended the war as a test pilot. He led photoreconnaissance 

flights over Red China in the mid-1950s and logged more than 100 missions in Vietnam. -- Kirkus 

Reviews, 1994.

Carlson, Elliot. Joe Rochefort’s War : The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who 

Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 2011. 572p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774 .M5 C28 2011
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Carver, Michael, ed. The War Lords: Military Commanders of the Twentieth 

Century. 1st American ed. Boston: Little, Brown, c1976. 624p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT32 .W178

Carver, Michael, ed. The War Lords: Military Commanders of the Twentieth 

Century. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c1976. 624p.

Casey, Robert J. Torpedo Junction: With the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor to 

Midway. Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company (Cornwall, NY: Cornwall 

Press), [1942]. 423p.

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There have been other stirring tales of the fighting in the Pacific ... [b]ut nowhere else has the 

transformation of our Navy into a veteran fighting outfit, attacking with cold, ruthless fury, been so well 

brought out. Mr. Casey, writing with humor as well as insight has given us one of the best of the war 

books. – F.S. Adams, New York Times 3 December 6, 1942.

Casey, Robert J. Torpedo Junction: With the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor to 

Midway. Garden City, NY: Halcyon House, [1944]. 434p.

Casey, Robert J. Torpedo Junction: With the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbour to 

Midway. London; New York [etc.]: Jarrold's Limited, [1944]. 256p.

Coale, Griffith Baily. Victory at Midway. New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, inc., 

[1944]. 178p.

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I don’t believe VICTORY AT MIDWAY ... is what the late Stephen Vincent Benet is quoted on the 

jacket as saying it is “one of the really notable books of the war." But it is an interesting and stimulating 

addition to the growing shelf about the war in the Pacific. – Foster Hailey, New York Times 7 February 

20, 1944.

Collier, Basil. Japan at War: An Illustrated History of the War in the Far East, 1931-

45. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975. 192p.

Collier, Basil. The War in the Far East, 1941-1945: A Military History. New York: 

Morrow, 1969 [c1968]. 530p.

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Collier, Basil. The War in the Far East, 1941-1945: A Military History. London: 

Heinemann, 1969. 530p.

Costello, John. The Pacific War. New York: Rawson, Wade, c1981. 742p.

Costello, John. The Pacific War. London: Collins, 1981. 742p.

Costello, John. The Pacific War. 1st Quill ed. New York: Quill, 1982, c1981. 742p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .C67
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Costello, John. The Pacific War. Rev. ed. London: Pan, c1985. 634p.

Cowley, Robert, ed. What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine 

What Might Have Been: Essays / by Stephen E. Ambrose .. [et al.]. New York: G.P. 

Putnam's Sons, c1999. 395p.

Contents: Infectious alternatives / William H. McNeill. -- No glory that was Greece / Victor Davis Hanson. -

- Conquest denied / Josiah Ober. -- Furor Teutonicus: the Teutoburg Forest, A.D. 9 / Lewis H. Lapham. --

Dark ages made lighter / Barry S. Strauss. -- Death that saved Europe / Cecelia Holland. -- If only it had 

not been such a wet summer / Theodore K. Rabb. -- Immolation of Hernan Cortes / Ross Hassig. --

Repulse of the English fireships / Geoffrey Parker. -- Unlikely victory / Thomas Fleming. -- What the fog 

wrought / David McCullough. -- Ruler of the world / Alistair Horne. -- If the lost order hadn't been 

lost / James M. McPherson. -- Confederate Cannae and other scenarios / Stephen W. Sears. -- What ifs 

of 1914 / Robert Cowley. -- How Hitler could have won the war / Robert Cowley. -- Our Midway disaster / 

Theodore F. Cook, Jr. -- D Day fails / Stephen E. Ambrose. -- Funeral in Berlin / David Clay Large. --

China without tears / Arthur Waldron.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D790 .A8 1984

Cowley, Robert, ed. The Collected What If?: Eminent Historians Imagining What 

Might Have Been: Essays. New York: Putnam, 2005. 827p.

Previously published as: What if? and What if? 2 in 1999 and 2001.

Craven, Wesley Frank and James Lea Cate, eds. The Army Air Forces in World War 

II. [Chicago]: University of Chicago Press, [1948-58]. 7 v.

Contains extensive lists of units and unit sketches.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D790 .A8

Craven, Wesley Frank and James Lea Cate, eds. The Army Air Forces in World War 

II. Washington: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 7 v.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D790 .A8 1984

Cressman, Robert, et al. "A Glorious Page in Our History," Adm. Chester Nimitz, 

1942: The Battle of Midway, 4-6 June 1942. Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Pub. 

Co., c1990. 226p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774.M5 G56 1990

Cressman, Robert. That Gallant Ship: U.S.S. Yorktown CV-5. Missoula, MT: Pictorial 

Histories Pub. Co., c1985. 184p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL VA65.Y62 C74 1985

Crooms, Hubert R. An Unsinkable Carrier : The Midway-Based Forces and the 

Battle of Midway. Thesis. Statesboro, GA : Georgia Southern University, 2011. 70p.

Abstract : The Battle of Midway is remembered as one of the greatest military victories in American 

history and marked as the turning point of the Second World War in the Pacific. The victory has long been 

celebrated as a great US Naval victory, brought about by the US Navy's Carrier Task Forces. 

Remembering the battle solely as a carrier victory overlooks the contributions of the Midway-based 

forces. In truth, the Midway-based forces performed invaluable roles and contributed greatly to the overall 

victory, and historiography of the Battle of Midway is incomplete without their inclusion. This study 

documents the contributions of the Midway-based forces and seeks to rectify their omission in the history 

of the Battle of Midway.
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http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/spring2011/hubert_r_crooms/crooms_hube

rt_r_201101_ma.pdf

Culora, Thomas J. Japanese Operational Plans in World War 2 : Shortfalls in 

Critical Eements. Newport, RI : Naval War College, 1994. 38p.

Abstract : Nearly fifty years have passed since the end of World War Two in the Pacific theater of 

operations. Since then, the reasons and elements that contributed to America's victory and Japan's defeat 

have been exhaustingly analyzed by scholars and historians. This essay will examine just one element of 

that war -- Japanese operational plans. The thesis of this paper is that key and recurring components in 

Japanese war plans did not support attainment of their operational objectives. The essay will identify 

central elements in Japanese doctrine, operational level tactics, training, and leadership. These elements 

will be explored against the historical backdrop of three Japanese operations: the plan to invade New 

Guinea; the attack on Midway; and the plan to repel the U.S. landing on the Philippines. From this, 

several key and recurring shortfalls in the Japanese operational plans will emerge.

Electronic Access : http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA279663

De Chant, John A. Devilbirds: The Story of United States Marine Corps Aviation in 

World War II. [1st ed.]. New York: Harper, [1947]. 265p.

Seven chapters also appeared in the Marine Corps Gazette, Feb.-Aug. 1947.

NPS/DKL Location: BUCKLEY D790 .D2

Detwiler, Donald S. and Charles B. Burdick (eds.). War in Asia and the Pacific, 1937-

1949: A Fifteen Volume Collection. [New York]: Garland, [1980]. 15 v.

Dickinson, Clarence Earle and Boyden Sparkes. The Flying Guns: Cockpit Record of 

a Naval Pilot from Pearl Harbor through Midway. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 

1942. 196p.

A condensed version was published by the Saturday Evening Post under the title, "I Fly For Vengeance." 

[Saturday Evening Post 215:24-5 October 24, 1942; 28-29+ October 31, 1942.]

NPS/DKL Location: BUCKLEY D790 .D5

Dickinson, Clarence Earle and Boyden Sparkes. The Flying Guns: Cockpit Record of 

a Naval Pilot from Pearl Harbor through Midway. Washington: Zenger Pub. Co., 

1979. 196p.

Dingman, Roger. Deciphering the Rising Sun: Navy and Marine Corps 

Codebreakers, Translators, and Interpreters in the Pacific War. Annapolis, MD: 

Naval Institute Press, 2009. 340p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D 810 .S7 D57 2009 [copy currently missing]

Dockrill, Saki, ed. From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: The Second World War in Asia 

and the Pacific, 1941-1945. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. 242p.

A collection of essays based on papers given at the Conference on 'The Pacific War: a Reappraisal after 

Fifty Years' held at the Imperial War Museum, London, Dec. 5-6, 1991.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .F76 1993

Dockrill, Saki, ed. From Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima: The Second World War in 

Asia and the Pacific, 1941-45. London: Macmillan, 1994. 242p.
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Domienik, E. H. I remember the Yorktown. 1st ed. [Sarasota, Fla.?]: Advocate 

House, 2006. 198p.

Best first-person account of the horrors of war ever penned...must-read for sailors; airmen; history 

buffs. -- Midwest Book Review

Drez, Ronald J. Twenty-Five Yards of War: The Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary 

Men in World War II. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion, 2001. 320p.

Contents: The Halsey Doolittle raid, April 18, 1942: Sgt. Robert C. Bourgeois -- The Battle of Midway, 

June 4, 1942: Ensigns George Gay and Albert Earnest -- Tonolei Harbor and Kahili, October 16-17, 1943: 

Lt. Jack Bolt, USMC -- Betio, Tarawa Atoll, November 21, 1943: Pvt. James Russell, U.S.M.C. -- The 

invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944: Pvt. Kenneth Russell, 1st Sgt. Leonard Lomell -- The Battle of the 

Philippine Sea, June 20-21, 1944: Lt.(j.g.) Arthur Abramson, U.S.N. -- The Battle of the Bulge, Lanzerath, 

Belgium, December 16, 1944: 1st Lt. Lyle Bouck -- Namkwan Harbor, China, January 23, 1945: Dr. 

Eugene B. Fluckey U.S.N. -- Death Valley, Iwo Jima, Feb. 25, 1945: PFC Jay Rebstock, U.S.M.C. -- The 

sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, July 30, 1945: Seaman 2/c Harold Eck.

[This] is not an analysis of a single war, battle or campaign, nor is it the story of a single person at 

war. It is a series of accounts of the personal combat experiences of individual American fighting men 

painted against the backdrop of 10 different World War II battles or events in both the Pacific and 

European theaters of operation. This book is very readable, and once begun, it can be quite difficult to 

put down. The 10 battles and events covered are presented in chronological order, and each typically 

begins with the participant's personal story, often in the months or years prior to his enlistment. In this 

manner, the reader is offered a better understanding of how these ordinary men were caught up in some 

of the most extraordinary events of the war ... There is certainly no finer monument to fighting than that 

which teaches future generations the lessons of war. In this respect, Ronald Drez has built a 

commendable monument to the warriors of WW II. -- Joseph A Sharbel, Leatherneck 85(6):68 June 

2002.

Driskill, Frank A. and Dede W. Casad. Chester W. Nimitz, Admiral of the Hills. 1st 

ed. Austin: Eakin Press, 1983. 298p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT14.I3 D75 1983

Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. 

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. 402p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D777 .D83

In 44 months the Imperial Japanese Navy disintegrated, from the world’s third greatest fleet 

to virtually nothing. English-language accounts of its rise and fall have hitherto usually mirrored the U.S. 

Navy’s fall and rise ; little use has been made of Japanese sources and direct ranslations have been few 

and dated, e.g. Ito Masanori, The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy (New York, 1962). Paul Dull, 

retired University of Oregon history professor, wartime U.S. Marine Corps language-officer and Office of 

War Information analyst, seeks in this book to redress matters by stressing the Japanese side. For 

manageability, he emphasizes surface combat at the expense of msubmarines, amphibious operations, 

mining and land-based aviation, including kamikaze attacks. – Alvin D. Cox, Pacific Affairs (51:4):658-

659 Winter, 1978.

Dull, Paul S. Die Kaiserlich Japanische Marine, 1941-1945 [Ubertr. aus dem

Englischen Hans und Hanne Meckel]. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1980. 534p.

German translation of A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945.
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Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. Options of Command. New York: Hippocrene Books, c1984. 

303p.

Durham, Richard W. Operational Art in the Conduct of Naval Operations. Fort 

Leavenworth, KS: Army Command And General Staff College, School of Advanced 

Military Studies, March 1998. 61p.

Abstract: Using the Joint definition of operational art, and in the context of the historical development of 

operational art, evaluation criteria are developed to examine an historical naval operation of sufficient 

extent and scope to have required some approximation of operational artistry. Using the suggested 

evaluation criteria, this paper explores the use of operational art in naval operations in the Pacific 

Campaign of World War II. This paper also seeks to investigate the impact of the experience of using 

operational art on subsequent naval thinking, as expressed in post-World War II naval strategy and 

operations. The impact of doctrine and the linkage between planning and operational art are also 

reviewed within the context of post-Cold War naval operations. Finally, this paper suggests possible 

benefits that the Navy could derive from the study application of operational art. The practice of 

operational art was evident in the planning and execution of naval operations in the Pacific Theater during 

WWII. Admirals Nimitz and King clearly linked ends, ways and means to ensure that operations were only 

undertaken with adequate resources, and the operations undertaken clearly supported the allied wartime 

strategy. The operations of all services combined to provide simultaneous attacks in breadth, as well as 

depth, and resulted in the destruction of the offensive military capability of the Japanese, as well as the 

destruction of their will to continue to fight. Naval operational art, as expressed in the context of naval 

doctrine, may be a vehicle to reinvigorate the deliberate planning process within the Navy. Naval doctrine 

can also guide Joint and naval commanders in the optimum use of naval forces in future Joint operation.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA340139

Edmonds, Robin. The Big Three: Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in Peace & War. 

1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, c1991. 608p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D749 .E36 1991

Some of us remember Pearl Harbor as the nadir of Allied fortunes ... [b]ut Mr. Edmonds also puts 

many half-forgotten near-disasters in proper context. He reminds us that 1942 was the year when the 

Allies could do nothing right. By May, Erwin Rommel was deep into Egypt. Only Hitler's diversion to the 

Caucasus saved Stalingrad. The Battle of Midway by a near-miracle checked the Japanese drive in the 

Pacific. -- Burke Wilkinson, The Washington Times BOOKS; Pg. F2 March 25, 1991.

Edo, Yusuke. Yuhi No Middowe: Adomiraru Togo No Deshitachi To Nimittsu 

Teitoku. Tokyo: Kojinsha, 1990. 278p.

Ellis, David R. The History and Strategic Importance of the Midway Islands. 

Carlisle Barracks, PA: Army War College, April 2002. 45p.

Abstract: The Midway Islands (U.S. Pacific Territory) have been the most important United States 

possession in the Pacific, other than the Hawaiian Islands. Their strategic importance to this country goes 

well beyond the role that they played in the Battle of Midway in 1942, and that role itself has been largely 

overlooked. Despite their importance there is virtually no comprehensive written history of the islands and 

none that could be considered up-to-date. This Project attempts to: (1) produce the definitive history of 

the Midway Islands, (2) document and demonstrate their past strategic importance to the U.S., and (3) 

postulate on their future strategic significance.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA404725
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Enser, A. G. S. A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War: Books in 

English 1939-1974. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1977. 592p.

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Evans, David. C., ed. The Japanese Navy in World War II: In the Words of Former 

Japanese Naval Officers. 2nd ed. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986. 568p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D777 .J31 1986

Evans, David C. and Mark R. Peattie. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in 

the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 

c1997. 661p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL VA653 .E93 1997

For the English reader in search of the authentic history of the Imperial Japanese Navy, it doesn't 

get any better than this. "Kaigun" is the signature work, presenting much new material and analysis, on 

one of history's greatest naval war machines. -- Edward Neilan, The Japan Times, December 22, 1998.

Falke, Brian G. Battle of Midway USS Hornet (CV-8) Air Group. Maxwell AFB, AL:

Air Command and Staff College, April 2000. 37p.

Electronic access: http://research.airuniv.edu/papers/ay2000/acsc/00-210.pdf

Fetridge, William Harrison, ed. The Navy Reader. Indianapolis, New York: BobbsMerrill, [1943]. 443p.

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Fetridge, William Harrison, ed. The Navy Reader. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries 

Press, [1971, c1943]. 443p.

Fetridge, William Harrison, ed. The Second Navy Reader. Indianapolis, New York: 

Bobbs-Merrill, [1944]. 383p.

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Fetridge, William Harrison, ed. The Second Navy Reader. Freeport, NY: Books for 

Libraries Press, [1971, c1944]. 383p.

Flisowski, Zbigniew. Od Morza Koralowego Po Midway. Wyd. 2. Poznaþn: Wydawn. 

Poznaþnskie, 1988. 189p.

Flower, Desmond and James Reeves, eds. The Taste of Courage: The War, 1939-

1945. New York: Harper, [1960]. 1120p.

Published in England under the title of The War, 1939-1945, Cassell, [1960].

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D743 .F55 1960A

Flower, Desmond and James Reeves, eds. The War, 1939-1945. London: Cassell, 

[1960]. 1120 p
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Flower, Desmond and James Reeves, eds. The War, 1939-1945: A Documentary 

History. 1st Da Capo Press ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1997. 1120p.

Originally published in the U.S. as The Taste of Courage: The War, 1939-1945, Harper, [1960].

Ford, Douglas. The Elusive Enemy: U.S. Naval Intelligence and the Imperial 

Japanese Fleet. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2011. 297p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D810 .S7 H637 2011

Forrestel, Emmet Peter. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance: USN: A Study in 

Command. Washington: [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1966. 275p.

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Franco, M. Battle of Midway. [Manila]: National Book Store, [1974?]. 39p.

A comic book in Tagalog from the series National War Classics.

Frank, Pat and Joseph D. Harrington. Rendezvous At Midway: U.S.S. Yorktown and 

the Japanese Carrier Fleet. New York: John Day Co., [1967]. 252p.

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Frankland, Noble and Christopher Dowling, eds. Decisive Battles of the Twentieth 

Century: Land-Sea-Air. 1st American ed. New York: McKay, 1976. 348p.

For the war against Japan, see the excellent article ... by Peter Simkins (Midway). The editors 

append detailed maps which the reader will find useful. – John J. Sbrega, THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN,

1941-1945: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York: Garland, 1989, p.63.

Frankland, Noble and Christopher Dowling, eds. Decisive Battles of the Twentieth 

Century: Land, Sea, Air. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1976. 348p.

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Middowe. Tokyo: Nihon Shuppan Kyodo, 

Showa 26 [1951]. 294p.

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Middoue. Showa 49 (1974). 308p.

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway, A Maior Batalha Aeronaval Da 

Segunda Guerra. [S. Paulo]: Flamboyant, [1967]. 252p.

Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, the additional contributor to the preface of this Portuguese translation of 

Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, was Commander in Chief of the Japanese Midway Invasion 

Force (Second Fleet).

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway: Die Entscheidendste Seeschlacht 

Der Weltgeschichte. Oldenburg; Hamburg: Stalling, 1956. 258p.

German translation of Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan.
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Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway, the Battle That Doomed Japan: The 

Japanese Navy's Story. [Annapolis, MD]: Naval Institute, [1955]. 266p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL/BUCKLEY D774.M5 F9 1955

The narrative of the Battle of Midway as seen by one of Japan’s top airmen. Occasionally differs 

from the official IJN documents, but valuable. -- Paul S. Dull, A BATTLE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL

JAPANESE NAVY, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. p. 378

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway, the Battle That Doomed: The 

Japanese Navy's Story. London: Hutchinson, 1957. 263p.

Originally published: Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 1955. 

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway, the Battle That Doomed: The 

Japanese Navy's Story. New York: Ballantine Books, 1958. 222p.

Originally published: Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 1955. 

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway, the Battle That Doomed: The 

Japanese Navy's Story. London: Arrow Books, 1961. 254p.

Originally published: Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 1955. 

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan: The 

Japanese Navy's Story. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1992. (Classics of 

Naval Literature). 310p.

Originally published: Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 1955. 

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Midway: The Japanese Story. London: Cassell, 

2002. (Cassell military paperbacks). 307p.

Originally published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1955 as Midway, the Battle That Doomed Japan: 

The Japanese Navy's Story.

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Srazhenie U Atolla Miduei. Moskva: Voennoe 

Izd-vo Ministerstva Oborony Soiuza SSR, 1958. 278p.

Russian translation of Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan.

Fuchida, Mitsuo, Okumiya Masatake. Zhongtu Dao Hai Zhan Yuantian Meijinxiong, 

Aogong Zhengwu He Zhu. Beijing: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1980. 282p.

Chinese translation of Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan.

Fuller, J. F. C. A Military History of the Western World. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 

1954-56. 3 v.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D25 .F93

Gailey, Harry A. The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. Novato, 

CA: Presidio, c1995. 534p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .G68 1995

The Battle of Midway turned the war around for the Americans. Many Americans were killed and 

injured in this terrible war. The question for the American people today is, does anyone care enough to 

remember? Is the history of the Pacific war even taught in our schools? Gailey has certainly done his 
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part to honor and remember those brave Americans who served their country. -- Robert Previdi, 

Presidential Studies Quarterly 26(4):1180-1182 Fall 1996.

Gatchel, Theodore L. At the Waters Edge: Defending Against the Modern 

Amphibious Assault. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. 266p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL U261 .G38 1996

Gatchel, USMC (Ret.), explains why amphibious assaults almost always succeed, and offers 

advice to would-be defenders. Gatchel's 30-year career included chairmanship of the Operations 

Department at the Naval War College in Newport, where he lives. -- Doug Riggs, The Providence 

Journal-Bulletin SUNDAY BRUNCH 7E January 12, 1997.

Gay, George H. Sole Survivor: The Battle of Midway and Its Effect on His Life. 

Naples, FL: Naples Ad/Graphics Services, c1979. 320p.

Gay, George H. Sole Survivor: The Battle of Midway and Its Effects on His Life. 

Naples, FL: Midway Publishers, c1980. 320p.

Genda, Minoru. Kaze Nariyamazu. Tokyo: Sankei Shuppan, Showa 57 [1982]. 270p.

Gilbert, Martin. The Second World War: A Complete History. 1st American ed. New 

York: H. Holt, c1989. 846p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D743 .G6334 1989

[I]n retelling the well-known battles of the war itself ... fitted into the jigsaw of combat [is] the story 

of the vital importance to victory of Allied intelligence and code-breaking ... held in remarkable secrecy for 

25 years after unconditional surrender, and ... these are the first full-scale histories of the war that 

analyze the effect of rapid and accurate intelligence on the course of battle and decisions of strategy. 

The two most important examples are the Battle of Midway in the Pacific early in 1942 and the Battle of 

Normandy in Europe in 1944. It is well known that breaking the Japanese naval code enabled Adm. 

Chester Nimitz to position the U.S. Navy correctly off Midway Island instead of falling for a decoy force 

steaming more openly to the north toward Alaska. -- Don Cook, Los Angeles Times Book Review 1 

December 24, 1989.

Gilbert, Martin. The Second World War: A Complete History. London: Weidenfeld & 

Nicolson, c1989. 846p.

Gilbert, Martin. The Second World War: A Complete History. London: Fontana, 

1990, c1989. 846p.

Gilbert, Martin. The Second World War: A Complete History. Rev. ed. New York: H. 

Holt, 1991. 846p.

Gilbert, Martin. The Second World War: A Complete History. New ed. London: 

Phoenix, 1995. [928] p.
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Greene, Jack. The Midway Campaign, December 7, 1941-June 6, 1942. Rev. & 

Expanded ed. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books; Mechanicsburg, PA: Distributed 

in North America by Books, c1995. 263p.

First published in the USA in 1988 as War at Sea, Gallery Books, NY.

Greene, Jack. War at Sea: Pearl Harbor to Midway. New York City: Gallery Books, 

c1988. 184p.

Grogan, David W. Operating Below Crush Depth: The Formation, Evolution, and 

Collapse of the Imperial Japanese Navy Submarine Force in World War II. Ft. 

Leavenworth, KS: Army Command and Staff College, 2011. 140p.

Abstract: Prior to entering World War II, the Japanese Navy did a considerable planning and force 

development in preparation for a single ―decisive battle‖ with the American fleet. The Japanese 

submarine force entered the war with highly trained crews operating some of the most capable 

submarines in the world. Even so, they accomplished little. This study will analyze the genesis and 

evolution of the technological basis of the Japanese submarine fleet before and during the war. Along 

with the technological evolution, it will also review the strategic and tactical evolution of the force. It will 

further analyze the employment of submarines as they apply to two major forms of naval warfare: guerre 

de course and guerre de main. While the entire study will use comparison with the American and 

German, the majority of the focus will be on the unique aspects of the Japanese employment of their 

submarines. These analyses will answer whether the Japanese submarine force would have been 

capable of influencing the results of major battles and the overall campaign in the Pacific Ocean. Could 

the Japanese submarine force have influenced the result of the war allowing it to end with a more 

favrable outcome for the Japanese? 

Electronic Access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA547458

Grove, Philip D. Midway. London: Brassey's; Havertown, PA: [Distributed in North 

America by] Casemate, 2004. (Battles in focus). 128p.

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Hailey, Foster Bowman and Milton Lancelot. Clear for Action: The Photographic 

Story of Modern Naval Combat, 1898-1964. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 

[1964]. 320p.

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Halsey, William Frederick and J. Bryan III. Admiral Halsey's Story. New York: 

McGraw-Hill, [c1947]. 310p.

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This book will make fascinating reading for every American who served under Halsey in the 

Pacific. To learn what went on behind the wartime newspaper reports, here is an incomparable 

document. Admiral Halsey has written simply and modestly a book that will further enhance the Halsey 

legend. – R. A. Low, Saturday Review of Literature 30:64 December 6, 1947.
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Hanson, Victor Davis. Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of 

Western Power. 1st ed. New York: Doubleday, 2001. 492p.

Contents: Salamis, Sept. 28, 480 B.C. -- Guagamela, Oct. 1, 331 B.C. -- Cannae, Aug. 2, 216 B.C. --

Poitiers, Oct. 11, 732 -- Tenochtitlán, June 24, 1520-Aug. 13, 1521 -- Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571 -- Rorke's 

Drift, Jan. 22-23, 1879 -- Midway, June 4-8, 1942 -- Tet, Jan. 31-Apr. 6, 1968 -- Western warfare: past 

and future.

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Throughout history, Western societies have waged war against non-Western societies. Hanson 

traces this bloody struggle for power & provides vivid details of major battles - from the Greek victory at 

Salamis to the American war against Iraq. -- Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Hanyok, Robert J. and Davd P. Mowry. West Wind Clear: Cryptology and the Winds 

Message Controversy: A Documentary History. Ft. Meade, MD: Center for 

Cryptologic History, National Security Agency, 2008. 327p.

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Electronic access: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS120529

Thought this volume is focused on Pearl Harbor, it is useful to review in light of the cryptologic 

successes that were also important at Midway.

Hara, Tameichi, with Fred Saito and Roger Pineau. Japanese Destroyer Captain: 

Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway -- the Great Naval Battles As Seen Through 

Japanese Eyes. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2011. 

Contents: Part One: Born A Samurai. -- Part Two: Pearl Harbor To Guadalcanal. -- Part Three: The 

"Tokyo Express". -- Part Four: Against The Odds. -- Part Five: The Last Sortie. -- Appendices: Appendix 

A: Sinking of PT-109 and Rescue of Survivors. -- Appendix B: Nomenclature of Japanese Warships. --

Appendix C: Japanese Vessels Sunk in World War II, Major Warship Losses, Merchant Shipping Losses, 

U.S.-Japan Statistics of World War II. 

English translation of Teikoku Kaigun no saigo.

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Hara, Yasushi. Middowe To Ga-To Kobo. Shohan. Tokyo: Tokyo Supotsu 

Shinbunsha, 1991. 288p.

Harms, Norman E. Hard Lessons: V. 1. U.S. Naval Campaigns Pacific Theater, 

February 1942-1943. Fullerton, CA: Scale Specialties, c1987-. 1 v.

Hata, Ikuhiko and Yasuho Izawa. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World 

War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1989. 442p.

English translation of Nihon Kaigun sentokitai by Yasuho Izawa and Ikuhiko Hata.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767.23 .H36413 1989

Hata, Ikuhiko and Yasuho Izawa. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World 

War II. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, c1989. 442p.

Whatever one's general feelings about Japan's role in the Second World War it would be ignoble 

not to recognize the immense courage, skill and dedication of her airmen, especially the naval fighter 

pilots. The quality of pilots and fighters like the Zero came as an unpleasant shock to the Allies. Here, in 

the only full account of the organisation, units and aces to be translated into English, one is able to see 
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the human reality behind the distortions of wartime propaganda. -- Alan Cameron, Lloyd's List 5

August 13, 1994.

Haufler, Hervie. Codebreakers’ Victory: How the Allied Cryptographers Won World 

War II. New York: New American Library. 2003. 344p.

Haugland, Vern. The AAF Against Japan. New York: Harper, [1948]. 515p.

Hayes, Grace P. The History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in World War II: The War 

Against Japan. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1982. 964p.

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Healy, Mark. The Battle of Midway. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1993. (Osprey 

military campaign; 30). 96p.

Healy, Mark. The Battle of Midway. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2000. 96p.

Originally published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1993, as Midway 1942.

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Healy, Mark. Midway 1942: Turning Point in the Pacific. Westport, CT: Praeger, 

c2004. (Praeger illustrated military history series.) 96p.

Originally published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1993.

Heinl, Robert Debs. Marines at Midway. [Washington]: Historical Section, Division of 

Public Information, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1948. 56p.

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Electronic access: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Midway.html

Hernández, Daniel V. SBD-3 Dauntless & the Battle of Midway. Torrent, Spain: 

Aeronaval Pub. SL, 2003. 215p.

Hérubel, Michel. Les Aigles De Midway. Paris: Presses de la Cite, c1986. 231p.

Hérubel, Michel. La Bataille De Midway. Paris: Presses de la Cite, c1985. (Troupes 

de choc). 236p.

Hiraide, Hideo. Teitoku No Saigo. [Tokyo?]: Daihon'ei Kaigun Hodobu, Showa 18 

[1943]. 45p.

Subjects are INJ Rear Admirals Tamon Yamaguchi, 1892-1942 and Tameo Kaku, 1893-1942.

Hodge, Clarence L. and Murray Befeler. Pearl Harbor to Tokyo. Honolulu: Tongg 

Publishing Company, 1945. 156p.

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Hoehling, A. A. The Lexington Goes Down. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 

[1971]. 208p.

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Holmes, W. J. Double-Edged Secrets: U.S. Naval Intelligence Operations in the 

Pacific During World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1979. 231p.

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Hopkins, Lewis R. Rear Admiral Lewis R. Hopkins, U.S. Navy (retired): Dive 

Bomber Operations in WWII Battle of Midway [Center for Pacific War Studies, Adm. 

Nimitz Historic Site National Museum of the Pacific War; Interview conducted by Floyd 

Cox]. Washington, DC: Reprinted for distribution, Naval Historical Foundation, 2004. 

(Oral history (Naval Historical Foundation). 20p.

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Hopson, Thomas E. COMINT at Coral Sea and Midway: Admiral Nimitz’s Force 

Multiplier. Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1984. 28p.

Horikoshi, Jiro. Eagles of Mitsubishi: The Story of the Zero. [Seattle]: University of 

Washington Press, c1981. 160p.

English translation of Zerosen.

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Horikoshi, Jiro. Eagles of Mitsubishi: The Story of the Zero Fighter. 1st pbk. ed. 

[Seattle]: University of Washington Press, 1992. 160p.

Horikoshi, Jiro and Okumiya Masatake. Zerosen. Showa 28 [1953]. 438p.

Published in English as Zero! By Okumiya Masatake and Jiro Horikoshi, Dutton, 1956.

Horikoshi, Jiro and Okumiya Masatake. Zerosen. Showa 45[1970]. 233p.

Horikoshi, Jiro and Okumiya Masatake. Zerosen. Showa 50 [1975]. 397p.

Horikoshi, Jiro and Okumiya Masatake. Zerosen. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1982. 

607p.

Horn, Alton Stephenson. The Story of Operation K and the Second Pearl Harbor 

Attack. Dissertation. North Carolina: The University of North Carolina at Asheville, 

2000. 173p.

Abstract: After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941, they realized that the 

important ship repair facilities, dry docks and vital fuel storage tanks there had not been harmed. 

"Operation K" was a plan to use flying boats operating from bases in the Marshall Islands for armed 

reconnaissance raids on the Hawaiian bases. These aircraft would be refueled by submarines at an atoll 

west of Oahu to extend their range for the attacks. Brilliant intelligence work by U.S. Navy intelligence 

officers and cryptanalysists thwarted the planned follow-on raids. Denied the knowledge of the location of 

American aircraft carriers, the Japanese suffered a disaster in the Battle of Midway, the crucial "turning 

point" in the Pacific War.
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Horn, Steve. The Second Attack on Pearl Harbor: Operation K and Other 

Japanese Attempts to Bomb America in World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval 

Institute Press, 2005. 347p.

Contents: Another strike is needed -- Planning the attack -- The second attack on Pearl Harbor -- The 

aftermath of the attack -- Photoreconnaissance missions to Midway and Johnston Islands -- The DoolittleHalsey raid and the Battle of the Coral Sea -- The Battle of Midway -- Bombing the United States and the 

Panama Canal.

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Written by aviation journalist and retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel Steve Horn, [this] is a 

crucial history of a little-known facet about the war in the Pacific - that Pearl Harbor was targeted for 

attack again after the infamous incident that led to America's entry into World War II. Accessible to lay 

readers and scholars alike, The Second Attack On Pearl Harbor is a welcome contribution to military 

history libraries for its illumination of an oft-overlooked topic, and highly recommended. -- Midwest Book 

Review http://www.midwestbookreview.com/ibw/dec_05.htm#military

Hosaka, Masayasu. Maboroshi No Shusen: Moshi Middoue Kaisen De Senso O 

Yamete Itara. Tokyo: Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2001. 404p.

Originally publlished: Tokyo: Kashiwa Shobo, 1997.

Hough, Frank O., Verle E. Ludwig, and Henry I. Shaw. Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. 

[Washington]: Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1958. 

(History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II; v. 1). 439p.

Hough, Richard Alexander. The Battle of Midway. [New York]: Macmillan, [1969, 

c1970]. 90p.

Hough, Richard Alexander. The Great Admirals. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 

1977. 271p.

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Hough, Richard Alexander. The Longest Battle: The War at Sea, 1939-45. 1st U.S. 

ed. New York: Morrow, c1986. 371p.

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This book is not an account of the entire Second World War at sea, but instead, how that conflict 

was as seen through the eyes of Great Britain ... about Midway, though he gives it four more pages than 

the Bismarck saga, Hough cannot avoid sounding like a British historian somewhat out of his depth. I,

too, have described WWII at sea as a single, long, drawn out battle, and am glad to find that Richard 

Hough looks at it the same way. -- Edward L. Beach, The Washington Post Book World X11 May 3, 

1987.
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Hough, Richard Alexander. Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century. Woodstock, NY: 

Overlook Press, 2001. 304p.

Contents: 1 The Battle of Tsu-Shima -- 2 The Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands -- 3 The Battle 

of Dogger Banks -- 4 The Battle of Jutland -- 5 The Battle of River Plate -- 6 The Battle with the Bismarck 

-- 7 The Battle of Cape Matapan -- 8 The Battle in the South China Sea -- 9 The Battle for the Pacific: 

Opening Rounds -- 10 The Battle of Midway -- 11 The Battle for Guadalcanal -- 12 The Battle of North 

Cape -- 13 The Battle for the Philippines.

Originally published: London: Constable, 1999.

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Prolific historian [Richard Hough] examines 20th--century naval warfare, from the RussianJapanese fight at Tsushima in 1905 that marked the rise of Japan as a naval power, to the Battle of the 

Philippines in 1944 that ended it decisively. Coronel, the Falkland Islands, Dogger Bank, Jutland, Cape 

Matapan, Midway -- the big battles of the intervening years all are here. And as the author revisits them, 

he covers the changing aspects of naval warfare with admirable clarity and concision. -- Richard Seamon, 

United States Naval Institute Proceedings 127(4):101 April 2001.

Howarth, Stephen. The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the 

Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945. 1st American ed. New York: Atheneum, 1983. 

398p.

Published in Great Britain under the title Morning Glory.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL VA653 .H64 1983

Howarth, Stephen. Morning Glory: A History of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 

London: H. Hamilton, 1983. 398p.

Published in the United States under the title The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the 

Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945.

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His 

Admirals. New York: Weybright & Talley, [1970]. 554p.

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Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict, 1853-1952. New 

York: McGraw-Hill, 1986. 514p.

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict, 1853 to 1952. New 

York: Da Capo Press, [1989], c1986. 514p.

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Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict. New York: Cooper 

Square Press, 2001. 568p.

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. The Last Kamikaze: The Story of Admiral Matome Ugaki. 

Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993. 235p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D777.U355 H69 1993

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. Pacific Destiny: The Story of America in the Western Sea 

from the Early 1800s to the 1980s. 1st ed. New York: Norton, c1981. 323p.
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Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. Three Military Leaders: Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, 

Tomoyuki Yamashita. 1st ed. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, 1993. 176p.

Hrbek, Ivan and Jaroslav Hrbek. Krvavé Oceány: Od Plánu "Barbarossa" k Bitve u 

Midway. Praha: Nase vojsko, 2002. 289p.

Hunnicutt, Thomas G. The Operational Failure of U.S. Submarines at the Battle of 

Midway - and Implications for Today. Newport, RI: Naval War College Joint Military 

Operations Department, May 1996. 31p.

Abstract: U.S. submarine operational failure led to tactical insignificance at the Battle of Midway. This was 

a remarkable outcome since interwar U.S. policy, submarine design, and fleet exercises dictated fleet 

support by submarines. from today's view this failure is neither unique to a platform nor specific to an 

operation. It can and does cross all services. The operational failure at Midway resulted from the failure to 

abide by the operational art factors of synergy, simultaneity and depth, anticipation, and leverage. These 

were compounded by failure to provide adequate C31 system operational support. These failures were a 

consequence of the submarine force, and the Navy, not adequately addressing and training on 

operational art during the interwar years. Today, Navy doctrine and training still have not adequately 

addressed operational art though it is an essential part of joint warfare. The present use of exercises 

designed only to test and build tactical proficiency of air, land, or sea forces risk the same type of 

operational failure in future wars. Suggestions on developing operational art proficiency through 

innovation as a function of today's forces, budgets, and training technology are presented for 

consideration.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA311656

Ienaga, Saburo. The Pacific War: World War II and the Japanese, 1931-1945. 1st 

American ed. New York: Pantheon Books, c1978. 316p.

English translation of Taiheiyo Senso.

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Ienaga, Saburo. Japan's Last War: World War II and the Japanese, 1931-1945. 

Oxford: Blackwell, 1979, c1978. 316p.

English translation of Taiheiyo Senso.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. Alerte! Paris: Éditions France-Empire, 

[c1955].

French translation of Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kögekitai.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. The Divine Wind. Annapolis, MD: United 

States Naval Institute, [1958]. 240p.

English translation of Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kögekitai, 1951.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. The Divine Wind. London: Hutchinson, 1959. 

224p.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. The Divine Wind. London: Four Square 

Books, 1961. 190p.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. The Divine Wind: Japan's Kamikaze Force 

in World War II. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978. 224p.
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Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. The Divine Wind: Japan's Kamikaze Force 

in World War II. Toronto, London: Bantam, 1978. 262p.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai. 26 [1951]. 

428p.

Translated as The Divine Wind, United States Naval Institute [1958].

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai. Showa 50 

[1975]. 262p.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai no kiroku. 

1963. 254p.

Inoguchi, Rikihei and Tadashi Nakajima. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai no kiroku. 

Tokyo: Sekkasha, Showa 59 [1984]. 254p.

Isom, Dallas Woodbury. Midway Inquest: Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of 

Midway. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007. (Twentieth-century battles). 

408p.

Contents: 1. Why This Inquest. -- 2. Prelude. -- 3. The Run-up to Midway. -- 4. The Fatal Decision. -- 5. 

Gamble Lost. -- 6. To Launch or Not to Launch. -- 7. Ironies. -- 8. Denouement. -- 9. Aftermath. -- 10. 

Postmortem. -- 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. A War Game Exercise.

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..

http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=41671

Ito, Masanori. The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy. [1st ed.]. New York: Norton 

[1962]. 240p.

English translation of Rengo Kantai No Saigo.

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Written by a Japanese war reporter, it is valuable for Ito’s conversations with Admiral Kurita and 

for the Battle off Cape Engaňo. The author, however, utilized the United States Strategic Bombing 

Survey, INTERROGATION OF JAPANESE OFFICIALS, and repeats many of the errors in the USSBS. -- Paul S. 

Dull, A BATTLE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval 

Institute Press, 1978. p. 378.

Ito, Masanori. The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy. New York: MacfaddenBartell, 1965. 192p.
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Ito, Masanori. The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Westport, CT: Greenwood 

Press, 1984, c1956. 240p.

Ito, Masanori. Rengo Kantai No Saigo: Tsuketari Rengo Kantai No Eiko. 

Shinsoban. Tokyo: Kojinsha, 1990. 366p.

Izawa, Yasuho and Ikuhiko Hata. Nihon Rikugun Sentokitai. Showa 50 [1975]. 

320p.

Translated as Japanese Naval Aces And Fighter Units in World War II by Ikuhiko Hata and Yasuho 

Izawa.

Izawa, Yasuho and Ikuhiko Hata and. Nihon Rikugun Sentokitai. Showa 53 [1977]. 

440p.

Jaeger, Paul J. Operational Intelligence at the Battle of Midway. Newport, RI: Naval 

War College Joint Military Operations Department, May 1998. 22p.

Abstract: The Battle of Midway showcased the application of operational intelligence as a function of 

operational art. Planning and execution for the Midway operation required fusion of strategic, operational 

and tactical intelligence by the commanders involved; most notably Admiral Chester Nimitz. Having fully 

integrated operational intelligence into his decision making with emphasis on enemy intent derived from 

code breaking Nimitz designed an operation that was truly the turning point of war in the Pacific. Four 

main lessons about operational intelligence emerge as a function of operational art: 1) To be effective, 

operational intelligence requires the existence, in peacetime, of a theater-wide system for collecting, 

processing, evaluating and disseminating intelligence information to the operational commander; 2) 

Integration of strategic/operational/tactical level intelligence is key to victory; 3) Operational planning 

based on enemy intent rather than enemy capability treads on dangerous ground rely on enemy 

intentions only when you possess absolutely reliable information; and 4) The operational commander 

must have vision to see where intelligence can help his decision making. The proper, insightful and 

confident use of fused, finished operational intelligence allowed Admiral Nimitz to extract unambiguous 

indications of enemy intent and develop an operational plan that capitalized on own force strength and 

critical enemy weaknesses. In the end, the skillful and effective use of operational art proved that a 

numerically inferior force can, under enlightened leadership, defeat an otherwise superior foe. It is an 

enduring lesson that stands the test of time.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA351751

Jerabek, David J. Admiral Chester W Nimitz's Strategic Leadership During World 

War 2. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Army War College, April 1999. 51p.

Abstract: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Area 

during World War II, commanded the most powerful naval force ever assembled and was arguably the 

individual most responsible for the Allied victory in that theater. His unique abilities serve well as a model 

for all who aspire to fill a strategic leadership role. Some of his competencies were derived from natural 

ability, while others were learned, and honed, through education, training, and experience. This report 

analyzes Admiral Nimitz's strategic leader competencies and evaluates his contributions in achieving a 

total victory in the Pacific for the Allied powers.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA364053

Joachim-Krug, Hans, Yoichi Hirama, Berthold J. Sander-Nagashima, and Axel Niestle. 

Reluctant Allies: German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II. Annapolis, 

MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002. 365p.

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The Battle of Midway surely was the turning point of World War II in the Pacific. Afterward, the 

Imperial Japanese Navy steadily lost the ability to wage aggressive war. What few, if any, histories point 

out is that the capture of the British cargo ship Nankin by the German raider Thor a couple of weeks 

earlier might well have led to a change of orders for the Japanese fleet. Had the Thor's skipper not 

delayed sending to Tokyo "most secret" intelligence summaries collected from the Nankin, the Japanese 

naval staff would have learned the Allies had broken their code and probably knew their plans. -- Richard 

Seamon, United States Naval Institute Proceedings 128(11):82 November 2002.

Joffrin, Laurent. Les Grandes Batailles Navales: De Salamine à Midway. Paris: 

Seuil, 2005. 282p.

Johnson, William Bruce. The U.S. Pacific campaign in World War II: From Pearl 

Harbor to Guadalcanal. New York: Routledge, 2006. (Cass series--naval policy and 

history). 414p.

Contents: I. The Pacific background -- II. Why Japan gambled -- III. The last clear chance -- IV. The long 

postmortem -- V. The course of empire -- VI. Bataan through Midway -- VII. The counterthrust -- VIII. The 

first two days -- IX. The Battle of Savo Island -- X. Settling in -- XI. Up against it -- XII. A mixed picture --

XIII. Courage and ambivalence -- XIV. Medical issues -- XV. The end of the beginning.

This is a scholarly yet quite readable new account of how military strategy prevailed over 

diplomacy and politics during the period from Pearl Harbor to victory at Guadalcanal. It re-examines 

leaders and key events in the light of previously unpublished information and interviews with veterans. .... 

The roles of censorship and patriotic fervor in shaping war reporting are another fascinating aspect. Chief 

of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest J. King typically went against the political grain regarding combat 

news releases. It was said he favored only one news release, and that at war's end: "We won." 

Obviously, censorship and propaganda were not contentious issues in Japan's totalitarian state. Midway 

was declared a great victory and, following the humiliating defeat of Allied naval forces in the battle of 

Savo Island, its media gilded the lily by reporting the sinking of 22 allied ships rather than the actual four. 

The United States' daring gamble to aggressively counterattack Japan is made clear. According to 

Brigadier General Gordon Gayle, USMCR (Ret.), a battalion-level officer at Guadalcanal, this book "could 

well make a participant thankful that, during the event, he did not truly comprehend the scale of the risks 

involved." -- Gordon W Keiser, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 132(5):116-117 May 2006.

Jones, Ken D. and Arthur F. McClure. Hollywood at War, the American Motion 

Picture and World War II. South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes [1973]. 320p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL PN1993.5.U6 J6 1973

Contains data on the U.S. Navy’s request to the movie industry to film the anticipated Battle of 

Midway. How accurate the U.S. intelligence estimate of the fighting to come can be noted from the fact 

that Hollywood was able to get set up on the island in time to obtain the pictures desired. – Myron J. 

Smith, WORLD WAR II AT SEA: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES IN ENGLISH. Scarecrow Press, 

1977, v.2, p. 173.

Kahn, David. The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing. New York: 

Macmillan, [1967]. 1164p.

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Among other things, an excellent description of how the United States had broken the Japanese 

code before Pearl Harbor and the codebreaking that led USN fleet carriers to protect Midway against 

Japan’s invasion forces in June 1942. -- Paul S. Dull, in A BATTLE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL

JAPANESE NAVY, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. p. 379.
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Kahn, David. The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing. New York: New 

American Library, c1973. 476p.

Kahn, David. The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing. [Rev. ed.]. New 

York: Scribner, c1996. 1181p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL Z104 .K2 1996

Kamada, Yoshiaki. Yamamoto Isoroku No Etajima Seikatsu. Tokyo: Hara Shobo, 

1981. 225p.

Kamei, Hiroshi. Aa Gunkanki: Sakimori No Uta. Tokyo: Kojinsha, Showa 49 [1974]. 

423p.

Kamei, Hiroshi. Middowe Senki. Shinsoban. Tokyo: Kojinsha, Showa 60 [1985] (1986 

printing). 424p.

First edition published as Aa gunkanki, Kojinsha 1974.

Karig, Walter and Eric Purdon. Battle Report. New York: Published for the Council on 

Books in Wartime by Farrar & Rinehart, 1944-52. 6 v.

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The citizen of today cannot be informed about the events how shaking him unless he 

understands the war from which they stem, and nothing else has been written thus far on the war in the 

Pacific that comes as close to serving that purpose as Dr. Morison’s book. He writes well and 

economically, has a lively eye for detail, a genius for making the difficult understandable, and he is 

accurate.” -- Ira Wolfert, New York Times 4 September 25, 1949.

Keegan, John. Battle at Sea: From Man of War to Submarine. London: Pimlico, 

1993. 291p.

Originally published as The Price of Admiralty, Hutchinson, 1988.

Keegan, John. Battle at Sea: From Man of War to Submarine. 2nd Pimlico edition. 

London: Pimlico, 2004. 292p.

Keegan, John. Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to AlQaeda. 1st American ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 387p.

Contents: Knowledge of the enemy -- Chasing Napoleon -- Local knowledge: Stonewall Jackson in the 

Shenandoah Valley -- Wireless intelligence -- Crete: foreknowledge no help -- Midway: the complete 

intelligence victory? -- Intelligence, one factor among many: the Battle of the Atlantic -- Human 

intelligence and secret weapons -- Military intelligence since 1945 -- The value of military intelligence

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Particularly gratuitous is Keegan's conclusion that it was luck, not good intelligence, that resulted 

in the U.S. victory at Midway. Indeed, luck plays a role in most military campaigns. Surely the outcome 

might have been different if the Enterprise's (CV-6) dive-bombers had not followed the Japanese 

destroyer Arashi back to the carriers. It might have been different if the cruiser Tone's floatplane had not 

been delayed and had reported sooner and more clearly, or if Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had broken 

radio silence to report intelligence to Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. On the other hand, perhaps it would not 

have been different-we never will know. What we do know is that without the critical intelligence 

contributions of Station HYPO, Nimitz would not have been able to preposition his meager carrier force, 
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and there would have been no battle of Midway. That much is inarguable. -- Brooks, T. A., United States 

Naval Institute Proceedings 130(2):81-82 Feb 2004.

Keegan, John. The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare. 1st 

American ed. New York: Viking, 1989, c1988. 292p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL V53 .K44 1989

In 1976, John Keegan, then a professor at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, introduced a 

winning formula for popular history in his masterfully narrated The Face of Battle. In that book, case 

studies of three battles -- Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme -- focused on what battle is really like to its 

participants (not nice). In The Price of Admiralty, Keegan applies the proven formula for the first time to 

naval history, with mixed results. The four case studies -- Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the 

Atlantic -- are well researched, well crafted tales of battle, written as were the earlier books from the 

perspective of the participants, rather than the "lounge-lizards" of the general staffs. This time, however, 

the lessons-learned chapter is really hogwash. But actually the nonsense only takes up 10 pages, and the 

other 282 are so good that forgiveness comes easily. -- John Lehman, The Washington Post BOOK 

WORLD X5, April 16, 1989.

Keegan, John. The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare. New York: 

Penguin, 1990, c1988. 353p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL V53 .K44 1990

Keegan, John. The Price of Admiralty: War at Sea from Man of War to Submarine. 

London: Hutchinson, c1988. 292p.

Keegan, John. The Second World War. London: Hutchinson, c1989. 608p.

Keegan, John. The Second World War. 1st American ed. New York: Viking, 1990, 

c1989. 608p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D743 .K39 1990

As conventional history, "The Second World War" is nonetheless superb. Keegan is a master of 

the "battle piece" as well as of general narrative and political-military analysis, and his accounts of the 

war's great battles are gripping. He was also able to make telling use of the mass of now-declassified 

information on the value of Allied signal intelligence in winning the war (the British decodings of German 

"Ultra" intercepts and the U.S. decodings of Japanese "Magic" naval intercepts). Allied knowledge of 

enemy intentions helped determine such crucial battles as the Allied defeat of the German counterattack 

in Normandy after D-Day and the Navy's ambush of the Japanese fleet at Midway. -- Michael Stern, The 

San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Review 3, February 11, 1990.

Kernan, Alvin B. Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's World War II Odyssey. 

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1997. 173p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D773 .K46 1994

It was not torpedo planes but dive bombers that would win that battle [of Midway]. But because 

the torpedo planes had gone in as the first attack wave against the enemy, it was natural that Kernan's 

group wait expectantly for their return. What surprises him is that the fighters come back first (they were 

supposed to protect the torpedo planes, only three of which return intact). -- John Russell, Chicago 

Tribune TRIBUNE BOOKS 5, April 9, 1995.
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Kernan, Alvin B. The Unknown Battle of Midway: The Destruction of the American 

Torpedo Squadrons. New Haven: Yale University Press, c2005. (Yale library of 

military history). 208p.

Contents: 1. The Destruction of the American Battle Line at Pearl Harbor -- 2. Trading Armor for Speed: 

The New Battle Line -- 3. Obsolete "Devastators" and Obsolescent "Wildcats" -- 4. Duds: The Great 

American Torpedo Scandal -- 5. Indians and "Ringknockers": Personnel of the Midway Torpedo 

Squadrons -- 6. Attack: "My God, This Is Just Like Watching a Movie" -- 7. "The Best-Laid Schemes o' 

Mice an' Men Gang Aft Agley": Command Failures -- 8. "Sorry about That": How to Handle Disaster --

Appendix 1. Flight Personnel of the Torpedo Squadrons at Midway -- Appendix 2. Chronology of 

American Torpedo Attacks at Midway -- Appendix 3. The Hornet Air Group Course on the Morning of 

June 4 -- Appendix 4. Gas Consumption in the TBD.

I read The Unknown Battle of Midway in one sitting. It is a momentous piece of work, reeking of 

the authenticity of carrier warfare as experienced by the flight crews. -- Sir John Keegan 

http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/reviews.asp?isbn=030010989X

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774.M5 K47 2005

King, Ernest Joseph and Walter Muir Whitehill. Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record. 

[1st ed.]. New York: W. W. Norton, [1952]. 674p.

King, Ernest Joseph and Walter Muir Whitehill. Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record. 

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953. 465p.

NPS/DKL Location: BUCKLEY CT11.I4 A2 1953

King, Ernest Joseph and Walter Muir Whitehill. Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record. 

New York: Da Capo Press, 1976, c1952. 674p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT11.I4 A2

Kirby, Stanley Woodburn, et al. The War Against Japan. London: H. M. Stationery 

Off., 1957-69. 5 v.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .K5

The definitive official British military history of the war. Although primarily concerned with the 

British war against the IJA, it gives valuable (and accurate) information in capsule form on most of the IJN 

operations. Derived from Japanese sources, it corrects some errors made by Samuel Eliot Morison and 

Stephen W. Roskill. A meticulously researched worked. The maps are excellent. -- Paul S. Dull, A

BATTLE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute 

Press, 1978. p. 379.

Knott, Richard C. A Heritage of Wings: An Illustrated History of Navy Aviation. 

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1997. 339p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL VG93 .K58 1997

His accounts of the nearly disastrous (for the U.S.) first day of the Battle of Midway is one of the 

best I've read. Likewise, his discussion of the Battle of the North Atlantic, the postwar development of 

carriers in the 1950s, and especially the chapter on Vietnam are models of the historian's art from 

someone who has seen the subject firsthand. -- Peter B. Mersky, Naval Aviation News 80(2):31 

January/February 1998.

Kojima, Noboru. Higeki No Teitoku. [1967]. 306p.

Subject is Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.
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Kusaka, Ryunosuke. Ichi Kaigun Shikan No Hanseiki. 1973. 302p.

Kusaka, Ryunosuke. Rengo Kanta[i]. 27 [1952]. 357p.

Kusaka, Ryunosuke. Rengo Kantai. 1956. 228p.

Kusaka, Ryunosuke. Rengo Kantai No Eiko To Shuen. 47 [1972]. 350p.

Kusaka, Ryunosuke. Rengo Kantai Sanbocho No Kaiso. Tokyo: Kowado, 1979. 

426p.

Lacroix, Eric and Linton Wells II. Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Annapolis, 

MD: Naval Institute Press, c1997. 882p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL V820.5.J3 L33 1997

[A]n indispensable addition to the library of not only any interested in the Imperial Navy and the 

Pacific War, but also to those interested in target identification and the development of a nation's naval 

development and design in general. The authors are to be heartily congratulated for the years of 

research, and the United States Naval Institute Press for publishing it. -- Anthony P. Tully, 

http://www.combinedfleet.com/book0598.htm

Lanning, Michael Lee. The Battle 100: The Stories Behind History's Most

Influential Battles. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, c2003. 355p.

Partial contents: 40. Britain (1941) -- 41. Constantinople (1453) -- 42. Teutoburger Wald (9) -- 43. Valmy 

(1792) -- 44. Midway (1942) -- 45. Orleans (1429) -- 46. Manila Bay (1898).

Larrabee, Eric. Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, 

and Their War. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, c1987. 723p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT32 .L37 1987

[A] study of Franklin Roosevelt's wartime leadership, a topic that Larrabee feels needs to be 

reexamined... How did Roosevelt carry his aims out? Here, the focus of the book shifts to the 

interrelationship of politics and military: to Roosevelt's relationship with his principal lieutenants, the major 

campaigns of the war and to the formulation of grand strategy ... Through his profiles of admirals King 

and Nimitz, he describes the rise of the U.S. Navy, the pivotal battle at Midway and the evolution of the 

Pacific strategy. -- David Eisenhower, The Washington Post BOOK WORLD X4 May 24, 1987.

Larrabee, Eric. Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, 

and Their War. 1st ed. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. c1987. 723p.

Larrabee, Eric. Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, 

and Their War. 1st Touchstone ed. London: Deutsch, 1987. 736p.

Larrabee, Eric. Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, 

and Their War. 1st Touchstone ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988, c1987. 723p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL CT32 .L37 1988
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Layton, Edwin T., Roger Pineau and John Costello. "And I Was There": Pearl Harbor 

and Midway--Breaking the Secrets. 1st Quill ed. New York: Morrow, c1985. 596p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767.92 .L39 1985

Pearl Harbor stunned all Americans, but none more than that generation of professional naval 

officers who saw their wartime achievements bracketed by the opening attack and the noisy postwar 

investigations. The late Rear Admiral Edwin Layton fell into this cohort. Earning his commission in 1924, 

Layton became one of a small number of Japanese language specialists and served from 1940 to 1945 

as Pacific Fleet intelligence officer. In retirement after 1959, Layton "seethed" over the "cover-up in 

Washington" which had resulted in the relief of the prewar fleet commander, Admiral Husband Kimmel. 

Gordon Prange's AT DAWN WE SLEPT stirred Layton to begin this memoir which John Costello completed 

after the admiral's death. .... The publication of this book is a sad affair on two counts. It enhances the 

image of Pearl Harbor historians as quarrelsome cranks whose cottage industry survives on hot air. 

Costello's rendering also demeans the memory and achievements of a fine officer, who deserved more 

from the legatees of his remembrances. -- Robert Love, The Washington Post Book World 6, January 

19, 1986.

Layton, Edwin T., Roger Pineau and John Costello. "And I Was There": Pearl Harbor 

and Midway--Breaking the Secrets. 1st Bluejacket books ed. Annapolis, MD: Naval 

Institute Press, 2006. 596p.

Originally published: New York: W. Morrow, c1985.

Leeming, Joseph. Brave Ships of World War II. New York, Edinburgh: T. Nelson & 

sons, [1944]. 238p.

NPS/DKL Location: BUCKLEY D770 .L4

Levine, Alan J. The Pacific War: Japan versus the Allies. Westport, CT: Praeger, 

1995. 200p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D767 .L48 1995

Why another history of the Pacific war? This brief, undocumented account accomplishes much of 

what its author intended. A succinct, balanced, insightful, and at times provocative summary of the war, it 

is impressive in its scope and depth.... Based on published English-language sources, his book is useful 

as both a quick review for scholars and a stimulating introduction for new students of the war. Levine 

also offers provocative evaluations and speculation. Analyzing the Battle of Midway, for example, he 

argues that Japan would have done better to have threatened Australia instead and that a major 

American naval defeat at that time would have lengthened the war in Europe as well as in the Pacific. --

Stanley L. Falk, The Journal of Military History 60(1):172 January 1996.

Levite, Ariel. Intelligence and Strategic Surprises. New York: Columbia University 

Press, 1987. 220p.

Based on Ph.D. dissertation -- New York: Cornell University; 1983.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL/INTELL UB250 .L481 1987

Levite’s attack on dominant theories of strategic surprise raises significant quests and deserves 

attention as the first serious revisionist attempt. ... Strategists concerned primarily with the military 

capabilities that contribute to deterrence will draw false comfort from an uncritical reading of Intelligence 

and Strategic Suprises if it encourages them to believe that those capabilities will all be marshalled if 

serious indications of threat are detected or that intelligence collection capabilities are likely to reveal 

unambigious indications -- Richard K Betts, International Studies Quarterly 33(3):329-343 September 

1989.
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Lewin, Ronald. The American Magic: Codes, Ciphers, and the Defeat of Japan. 

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, c1982. 332p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D810.C88 L66

Lewin, Ronald. The American Magic: Codes, Ciphers, and the Defeat of Japan. 

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York: Penguin Books, 1983. 332p.

Lewin, Ronald. Ultra Goes to War: The First Account of World War II's Greatest 

Secret Based On Official Documents. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1978. 397p.

Lewin, Ronald. Ultra Goes to War: The Secret Story. London: Hutchinson, 1978. 

397p.

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It is true that before Midway the whole complex, from cryptanalysis to command decision, was 

naval-controlled: but the message is plain. There was a new assurance, a new professionalism. Nimitz 

had a better deal than Kimmel. The American quickly attained that insight which the British acquired in 

respect of Ultra: in war secret intelligence has a fundamental purpose – to assist in winning the battle, op. 

cit. p. 237.

Lightbody, Bradley. The Second World War: Ambitions to Nemesis. 1st ed. New 

York: Routledge, c2004. 290p.

Contents: AMBITION: 1. Rising Sun; 2. Weimar revision; 3. Italian fascism; 4. Nazi challenge; 5. Counter 

challenge – OUTBREAK: 6. Case White-Poland; 7. The phoney war; 8. The winter war – ADVANCE: 9. 

Copenhagen to Narvik; 10. Blitzkrieg in the West; 11. Fall of France; 12. Battle of Britain; 13. Italy on the 

march – EXPANSION: 14. Balkans and North Africa; 15. Battle of the Atlantic; 16. Barbarossa; 17. Final 

solution; 18. Pearl Harbour; 19. Pacific hegemony – CONTAINMENT: 20. Midway; 21. El Alamein; 22. 

Stalingrad – CONTRACTION: 23. Clearance of North Africa; 24. Defeat on the Ostfront; 25. The bomber 

offensive; 26. Kriegsmarine repulsed; 27. Invasion of Italy; 28. Pacific reversal – ROUT: 29. Liberation of 

Italy; 30. Rollback on the Ostfront; 31. D-day; 32. Islands; 33. Stalemate on the West Wall; 34. The 

Holocaust ---NEMESIS: 35. Mussolini’s last stand; 36. Gotterdammerung; 37. The bomb.

[A] fascinating and accessible history of the Second World War in its global context. Examining 

the war around general themes from ambition and advance, through expansion and containment, to rout 

and extinction, The Second World War covers all the major theatres and events provides a 

comprehensive overview of the global ambitions and the global warfare that was the Second World War 

... reflects on the immense social, economic and political impact of the war and bears witness to the 

human cost of the most destructive war in world history. 

http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=0415224047&parent_id

=&pc=/shopping_cart/search/search.asp?search%3Dlightbody

Linzey, Stanford E. God Was at Midway: The Sinking of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) 

and the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. 1st ed. San Diego, CA: Black Forest 

Press, [1996]. 133p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774.M5 L56 1999

Linzey, Stanford E. USS Yorktown at Midway: the Sinking of the USS Yorktown 

(CV-5) and the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. Fairfax, VA: Xulon Press, Inc., 

2005. 168p.

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Stanford Linzey [Chaplain, Captain USN (Ret.)]is one of our great Christian (Pentecostal) heroes 

of World War II. His Yorktown story is first-class reading. The ship went down, but this book you won’t put 

down. -- Sherwood E. Wirt, San Diego Christian Writers’ Guild 

http://www.xulonpress.com/bookstore/titles/1594678952.htm

Logan, Charles J. Complexity at the Battle of Midway: Implications for Network 

Centric Warfare. Newport, RI: Naval War College, 2001. 23p.

Abstract: The lessons of the battle of Midway are relevant to the U.S. Navy's effort to implement networkcentric warfare. Japanese forces at the battle were superior to those of the United States both in number 

and quality. Both forces employed the same technology and similar tactics. The margin of U.S. victory 

was superior intelligence, and command and control that relied on the initiative of subordinates to selforganize to defeat the enemy. U.S. execution of the Midway battle plan exemplified the tenets of shared 

awareness, speed of command, and self-synchronization to meet the commander's intent that will 

underpin the network-centric Navy. The U.S. Navy must adapt its concept of command and control to 

realize fully the benefits of network-centric operations. Navy doctrine should more explicitly recognize that 

its fighting forces are a complex adaptive system and command them as such. Control should become 

less rather than more centralized as the result of more information. The commander's intent will become 

even more important as subordinate levels of command gain more information and power to influence the 

battle. The principles of war, particularly simplicity, will retain their importance in the network-centric 

environment.

Electronic Access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA393506

Lord, Walter. Incredible Victory. [1st ed.]. New York: Harper & Row, [1967]. 331p.

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A popularly written book. A generally accurate account of the Battle of Midway. Gives a long 

description, not found elsewhere, of K Operation and the breaking of the Japanese code. -- Paul S. Dull, 

A BATTLE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute 

Press, 1978. p. 379

Lord, Walter. Incredible Victory. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. 331p.

Lord, Walter. Incredible Victory. Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books, c1997. 331p.

Lord, Walter. Midway: The Incredible Victory. Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 2000. 

(Wordsworth military library). 331p.

Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1967

Lord, Walter. L'incredibile Vittoria. [Milano]: Garzanti, [1969]. 308p.

Italian translation of Incredible Victory.

Lord, Walter. Midway, L'incroyable Victoire, 4 Juin 1942. Paris: R. Laffont, 1969. 

343p.

French translation of Incredible Victory.

Loughran, Amy et al. Campaigns and Operations: Selected Bibliographies. 

Norfolk, VA: Armed Forces Staff College, April 1989. 140p.

Abstract: This bibliography provides selected citations to major military operations, primarily in World War 

II. They include: Battle of Britain, Battle of the Atlantic, Central Pacific (General), China-Burma-India 

Theatre, Coral Sea, France (Includes Anvil & Dragoon), Guadalcanal, Italy (includes Anzio, Cassino), 

Kursk (Emphasis on July 1943), Leyte, Midway, New Guinea, North Africa, Okinawa, Operations, 
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Barbarossa (Initial Offensive, June 1941-Winter 1941), Garden, Market, Torch, Ploesti, Rabaul, 

Remagen, Schweinfurt, Sicily (Operation Husky), Stalingrad, and Tokyo bombing raids. Also covered are: 

The 1973 Arab-Israeli war; Falkland Islands, Gallipoli, and Tannenberg in WWI, Korean War, Pacific 

regions pre-WWII, and Campaign scenarios for the Horn of Africa and the Angolan-Cuban connection, 

the Northwest Pacific area, and the Syria-Israel tinderbox.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA208093

Love, Robert William. History of the U.S. Navy. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 

c1992. 2 v.

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Love, Robert William. Grand Strategists of Global War, a Dual Biography of Fleet 

Admiral Ernest J. King and Admiral Charles M. Cooke. University of 

California/Davis: Ph.D. Dissertation, 1975.

Love, Robert William, ed. The Chiefs of Naval Operations. Annapolis, MD: Naval 

Institute Press, c1980. 448p.

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Ludlum, Stuart D. They Turned the War Around at Coral Sea and Midway: Going to 

War with Yorktown's Air Group Five. Bennington, VT: Merriam Press, 2006. 

(Monograph 308). 290p.

Go to war with the Yorktown's Air Group Five (VF-3, VF-42, VB-5, VT-5).

Very detailed self-told experiences of American Naval Aviation pilots who fought and survived the 

Marshall, Gilbert, Salamaua, Lae, and Tulagi raids, and the Coral Sea and Midway battles in 1942. 

Sources for this massive work were the pilots themselves, whom the author interviewed after the ship's 

return to the States during the war, while memories were still fresh. This is an invaluable record of their 

experiences. -- http://www.merriam-press.com/mono_200/m308.htm

Lundstrom John B. Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, 

Midway, and Guadalcanal. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2006. 624p.

Contents: Chapter 1. The World Turned Upside Down – Chapter 2. "To Retrieve Our Initial Disaster" --

Chapter 3. The Wake "Fiasco" – Chapter 4. To Samoa with a Carrier – Chapter 5. The First 

Counterattack – Chapter 6. To the Southwest Pacific -- Chapter 7. "The Best Day's Work We Have Had" 

– Chapter 8. Alone in the Coral Sea – Chapter 9. Nimitz Takes Charge -- Chapter 10. Clearing for Action 

– Chapter 11. The Battle of the Coral Sea I: Opening Moves – Chapter 12. The Battle of the Coral Sea II: 

7 May Offense – Chapter 13. The Battle of the Coral Sea II: 7 May Defense – Chapter 14. The Battle of 

the Coral Sea III: A Costly Victory – Chapter 15. from the Coral Sea to Pearl Harbor – Chapter 16. Time Is 

Everything -- Chapter 17. The Battle of Midway I: "Give Them the Works" – Chapter 18. The Battle of 

Midway II: Counterattacks – Chapter 19. The Battle of Midway III: Finale – Chapter 20. A Brief 

Intermission – Chapter 21. Watchtower – Chapter 22. The 27 July Conference – Chapter 23. -- from Fiji to 

Guadalcanal – Chapter 24. The Watchtower Landings – Chapter 25. The Recommendation to Withdraw 

the Carriers – Chapter 26. The Savo Disaster – Chapter 27. Covering Cactus -- Chapter 28. The Battle of 

the Eastern Solomons I: In the Land of the Blind -- Chapter 29. The Battle of the Eastern Solomons II: 

Anticlimax -- Chapter 30. The Right of the Line -- Chapter 31. The Clean Sweep – Chapter 32. War on the 

Periphery – Conclusion.

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John Lundstrom discusses Frank Jack Fletcher's military service at the Battle of Midway: A black 

shoe in the United States Navy was an officer who was a service officer who commanded battleships and 

cruisers. And this is opposed to having brown shoes, which were naval officers who were pilots, who 
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were aviators. So there was a dichotomy between the two of them. .... It was a case where the aviators 

themselves weren’t quite senior enough, didn't have the rank--there weren't enough of them at the top 

ranks. So they had to turn these aircraft carriers, which of course is the prime aviation weapon, over to 

men who really hadn't trained in them. .... And they were using them against the Japanese who used the 

aircraft carrier to win at Pearl Harbor. So you had to be able to--you had to fight people that probably 

knew how to use the carrier better than you did. .... I think Fletcher sort of fell back, fell among the cracks 

because of that because everybody thought they could have done a better job than he did. But it must be 

pointed out the man never lost a battle. Every single action he fought, the United States or the Allies won 

strategically. It's just that again, people all thought they could've done a better job than he did. -- National 

Public Radio (NPR) Talk of the Nation June 2, 2005.

Lundstrom John B. The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to 

Midway. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984. 547p.

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Lundstrom John B. The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to 

Midway. 1st Naval Institute Press pbk. ed. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 

2005. 547p.

Luya, Stephen W. F. The Battle of Midway, 4-7 June 1942. University of Sheffield, 

Centre of Japanese Studies: Dissertation (Undergraduate), 1977.

Macdonald, John. Great Battles of World War II. New York: Macmillan, 1986. 192p.

MacDonald, a British editor and military historian, offers first-rate selections that include excellent 

illustrations. For purposes of this guide, see the reports on Midway, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and 

Koshima. – John J. Sbrega, THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN, 1941-1945: AN ANNOTATED

BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York: Garland, 1989, p. 41.

Macdonald, John. Great Battles of World War II. London: Joseph, c1986. 192p.

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MacLeod, Roy M, ed. Science and the Pacific War: Science and Survival in the 

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History of the Men and Women of CDD and FRUMEL. Ft. Meade, MD: Center for 

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Electronic access: 

http://www.nsa.gov/about/_files/cryptologic_heritage/publications/wwii/quiet_heroes.pdf

Central Bureau Brisbane (CBB) and the Fleet Radio Unit Melbourne (FRUMEL) played 

important but largely unknown roles in supporting military operations in the Southwest Pacifc – including 

Midway.

Ma`arik Hasimah fi al-Qarn al-`Ishrin. [al-Qahirah]: al-Dar alQawmiyah lil-Tiba`ah wa-al-Nashr, 1966. (Min al-Sharq wa-al-Gharb; 185). 141p.

Contents: al-Marin, 1914 -- Midway, 1942 -- Stalinjrad, 1942 -- al-`Alamayn, 1942 -- al-Suways 1956.

Markam, Stephanie A. Intelligence and Surprise: The Battles of Midway. Newport, 

RI: Naval War College Department of Operations, February 1993. 28p.

Abstract: Intelligence is a key element on the military strategy of surprise. It is perplexing to many that in 

today's high technology environment that intelligence cannot prevent surprises from happening. The very 

nature of the intelligence , no matter how much or how sophisticated it is, will still permit one adversary to 

surprise another. It is crucial that the operational commander have a clear understanding of the process 

of the production of intelligence, the uses of intelligence and how it can affect the strategy of surprise. The 

dramatic success of the Battle of Midway, coming so closely on the heels of the shocking disaster of 

Pearl Harbor, demonstrated that Admiral Nimitz gained an appreciation for the value of intelligence. I will 

examine intelligence and the strategy of surprise in general terms and show how the battle of Midway 

was influenced by them. Finally I want to point out that though today's operations are more sophisticated 

than those of World War II, there are plenty of critical concerns to consider today with regard to 

intelligence and surprise at the operational level.

Electronic Access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA264391

Marston, Daniel, ed. The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. 

Oxford: Osprey, 2005. 272p. Contents: Storm over the Pacific: Japan's road to empire and war / Dennis Showalter -- Pearl Harbor: 

Japanese planning and command structure / Ken Kotani -- The rising sun strikes: the Japanese invasions 

/ Tomoyuki Ishizu and Raymond Callahan -- Coping with disaster: allied strategy and command in the 

Pacific, 1941-42 / Raymond Callahan -- The height of folly: the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway / 

Robert Love -- Learning from defeat: the Burma campaign / Daniel Marston -- General MacArthur's war: 

the south and southwest Pacific campaigns, 1942-45 / David Horner -- The ANZAC contribution: Australia 

and New Zealand in the Pacific war / David Horner -- The shortest road to Tokyo: Nimitz and the central 

Pacific war / Theodore Gatchel -- After Midway: Japanese naval strategy, 1942-45 / H.P. Willmott --

Across the reef: amphibious warfare in the Pacific / Joseph H. Alexander -- The island experience: the 
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battle for Okinawa: April 1-June 21, 1945 / Bruce Gudmundsson -- Ending the Pacific war: "no alternative 

to annihilation" / Richard B. Frank.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, Osprey Publishing has 

released The Pacific War Companion, a compilation of 13 essays that address the American, Japanese 

and British Commonwealth perspectives of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Ably edited 

by Daniel Marston, the senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and a fellow of the Royal 

Historical Society, this volume offers a fresh reevaluation of the leading personalities, the battles and 

campaigns, and the political dimensions of the war across the Pacific. The net result is a well-written, 

provocative reinterpretation that challenges the conventions of history -- Cole C Kingseed, Army

55(9):96-97 September 2005.

Mason, John T., Jr., ed. The Pacific War Remembered: An Oral History Collection. 

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1986. 373p.

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Mason offers scenes from historic battles -- Coral Sea, Midway, Leyte Gulf.... Before Midway, in 

early 1942 James Thach worries about how he and other Navy pilots will cope with the Japanese Zero, a 

plane that could climb twice as fast as, and easily turn inside, the U.S. carrier planes available. After 

experimenting he comes up with an effective maneuver, known as the ''Thach weave'' which first has to 

be tested in the air against fellow pilots pretending to be Japanese. How to approximate the American 

performance disadvantage for the test? Simple. Those planes using the ''weave'' have to fly at half power. 

-- Timothy Foote, The Washington Post Book World 4 May 18, 1986.

Masataka, Chihaya and Yanagida Kunio. Middowe No Ketsudan. Tokyo: 

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Matheny, Michael R. Midway: A Case Study the Role of Major Operations in 

Maritime Campaigns. Newport, RI: Naval War College, May 1995. 20p.

Abstract: As demonstrated in the Battle of Midway, major operations are characterized by large scope, 

a high level of command and planning, short duration and operational or strategic purpose. Offensive 

major operations may be used to extend operational reach or attack the enemy center of gravity, or 

achieve command of the air, sea, or littoral areas. Operational commanders must sequence, prioritize, 

and support major operations with theater functional systems such as operational fires, intelligence and 

reconnaissance.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA297832

Matsuo, Hiroshi. Rengo Kantai Kesshi No Gekito: Middowe Sakusen to Yamamoto 

Isoroku No Kuno. Tokyo: Futtowaku Shuppan, 1992. 292p.

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c1972. 448p.
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Mayer, S. L., ed. The Japanese War Machine. Feltham: Bison Books; distributed by 

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Mears, Frederick. Carrier Combat. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & co., inc., 

1944. 156p.

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First-hand account of our fliers’ activities in the South Pacific, during the battle of Midway, the 

occupation of the Solomons, and the battle of Stewart Island [Eastern Solomons]. The author was a navy 

flier who was killed in action in June,1943. --Booklist 40:196 February 1, 1944.

Mercer, Charles E. Miracle at Midway. New York: Putnam, c1977. 160p.

Recreates the naval battle between Japanese and American forces which was the decisive factor in the 

Pacific theater during World War II.

Mersky, Peter B. U.S. Marine Corps Aviation: 1912 to the Present. Annapolis, MD: 

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Mersky, Peter B. U.S. Marine Corps Aviation: 1912 to the Present. Reprint with 

revisions. Annapolis, MD: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America, 1987, 1983. 318p.

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Mersky, Peter B. U.S. Marine Corps Aviation: 1912 to the Present. 3rd ed. 

Baltimore, MD: Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1997. 383p.

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Miller, David. Great Battles of World War II: Major Operations That Changed the 

Course of the War. New York: Crescent Books, 1998. 112p.

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Miller, Edward S. War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945. 

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1991. 509p.

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Prior to World War II, the United States' war plans were code-named by color. Japan was 

Orange and the United States was Blue. Miller (a retired business executive) spent over 15 years 

researching the plan that was used to defeat Japan. He states that the plan “was ... history's most 

successful war plan. The prewar plans of other great powers proved, by and large, to be costly failures.'' 

Miller also gives insights into the impact of the officers who hammered out War Plan Orange: the “realists'' 

and “adventurists,'' or the “cautionaries'' and “thrusters.'' This is an important book for anyone wishing to 
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understand the methods of American war planning, and it is the only book on War Plan Orange. Miller's 

writing style and lucid explanations make the book suitable for most readers, even though it is clearly for 

scholars and specialists in the field. Recommended for most academic libraries and for public libraries 

where there is a strong interest in World War II in the Pacific.-- Dennis L. Noble, Library Journal 

116(19):94 November 15, 1991.

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battles.

Montman, J. H. The Military Strategies of Spruance and Halsey. Maxwell AFB, AL: 

Air Command and Staff College, April 1984. (ACSC-84-1805). 55p.

Abstract: Presents a review, analysis and comparison of the World War Two military strategies of Admiral 

Raymond A. Spruance at the Battle of Midway, and Admiral William F. Halsey at the Battle of Leyte.

Electronic Access : http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA144046

Moore, Jeffrey M. Spies for Nimitz: Joint Military Intelligence in the Pacific War. 

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Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2001-.

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Japanese translation of Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine actions.

Moule, Valerie A. A Comparison of Operational Leadership in the Battle of 

Midway. Newport, RI: Naval War College Department of Operations, November 1995. 

21p.

Abstract: Despite the technologies and weaponry available to a military force, it is the leadership 

demonstrated by the operational commander which ultimately determines the outcome of a major 

operation or campaign. Through such leadership, especially in the pre-execution phase, the foundation is 

formed for the unity of purpose and effort, vision and flexibility required to achieve success. To illustrate 

this point, a comparison of the operational leadership demonstrated by Admirals Yamamoto and Nimitz in 
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the Battle of Midway is presented. Examples include how each commander selected his objective and got 

it approved by higher authority, how they conducted their planning, command, control and 

communications process, and how they prepared for possible changing circumstances in their plans. The 

conclusion is that Nimitz displayed far more superior operational leadership than Yamamoto in The Battle 

of Midway and therefore, achieved victory despite the odds. This study is relevant for current and future 

operations and campaigns. Leadership to form cohesion is a greater challenge, with the increase of allied 

and coalition participation in joint operations.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA293800

Mrazek, Robert J. A Dawn Like Thunder : The True Story of Torpedo Squadron 

Eight. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2008. 526p.

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Mullins, Wayman C., ed. 1942: Issue in Doubt: Symposium on the War in the 

Pacific by the Admiral Nimitz Museum. 1st ed. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, c1994. 

310p.

Nalty, Bernard C., ed. War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay: The Story of 

the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, Featuring Commissioned 

Photographs of Artifacts from All the Major Combatants. London; New York: 

Salamander Books; Sevenoaks, Kent: Distributed by Hodder and Stoughton Services, 

c1991. 304p.

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The attack on Pearl Harbor and VJ Day are defining dates in American history. This book acts as 

a perfect starting point to understand the importance of these dates and the intricacies of the battles

between them. The authors explain the origins of the Pacific conflict from an American perspective, 

illustrate the battles with some detail, and explain Japan's capitulation. This volume is also a good 

reference for those who are more familiar with the subject. .... Most one-volume histories are rarely worth 

owning; however, this book is an exception. Whether you are unfamiliar with the war against Japan or 

you want to know what the U.S. rifle Model 1903A1 used at Guadalcanal looked like, this book is well 

worth having in your professional library. -- Jonathan P Klug, Armor 110(3):52 May/June 2001.

Nalty, Bernard C., ed. War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay: The Story of 

the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, Featuring Commissioned 

Photographs of Artifacts from All the Major Combatants. Norman: University of 

Oklahoma Press, 1999. 304p.

Nagata, Junko. Ango. Showa 46 [1971]. 355p.

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1939-1945,” and “Midway, Battle of, 1942.”

Nagata, Junko. Ango. 1979. 355p.

Nesmith, Jeff. No Higher Honor: The U.S.S. Yorktown at the Battle of Midway. 

Atlanta, GA: Longstreet, c1999. 280p.

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As the World War II generation ages in America and their deeds slip further into the murky depths 

of the past, it is often easy to overlook or forget the tremendous sacrifices made on behalf of freedom and 
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justice more than half a century ago. Today, Marines and sailors still answer America's call to serve. 

Words like "Honor," "Courage" and "Commitment" are the bedrock upon which we build our warrior ethos. 

The difficulty we face is in maintaining the sense of purpose and dedication that is the hallmark of who we 

are as American fighting men-as Marines. .... "No Higher Honor" is a well-written and readable book. 

Nesmith combines historical facts with personal accounts and humorous anecdotes to paint a vivid and 

captivating picture of daily life in a U.S. carrier in the Pacific during WW II. The book is written in a 

conversational style that lends to its readability and complements the nature of its subject matter. It is 

historically accurate and a worthwhile read for those interested in WW II, combat or the human condition. 

-- Jon M Hackett, Leatherneck 83(7):62-63 July 2000.

Newark, Timothy. Turning the Tide of War: 50 Battles that Changed the Course of 

Modern History. London: Hamlyn, 2001. 200p.

Partial contents: Pearl Harbor 1941 -- Six Day War, 1967 -- Singapore, 1942 -- The Tet Offensive, 1968 --

Midway, 1942 -- Port Stanley, 1982 -- Stalingrad, 1942 -- Kabul, 1988 -- El Alamein 1942.

Nezu, Masashi. Gendaishi No Danmen, Middowe Kaisen. Tokyo: Azekura Shobo, 

1997. 263p.

Nohara, Kazuo. Ugaki Tokko Gundan No Saigo. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1987. 348p.

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1988. 294p.

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Originally published as Tenno, Fushimi no Miya to Nihon Kaigun, 1988.

Oide, Hisashi. Bonsho, Yamamoto Isoroku. Tokyo: Gendaishi Shuppankai: Hatsubai 

Tokuma Shoten, 1983. 240p.

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277p.

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424p.

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Showa 28 [1953].

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Okumiya, Masatake, Jiro Horikoshi and Martin Caidin. Zero! The Air War in the 

Pacific During World War II, from the Japanese Viewpoint. Washington: Zenger 

Pub. Co., 1979, c1956. 424p.

First published as Zero! Dutton, 1956.

Okumiya, Masatake, Jiro Horikoshi and Martin Caidin. Zero! The Story of Japan's Air 

War in the Pacific: 1941-1945. New York: Ballantine Books, 1973.
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This book was first published in 1956 and did much to wrongly revise the history of the Hellcat. --

Gary W. Boyd, “The Vought V-143 1930s technology transfer,” Air Power History 43(4):28-37 Winter 

1996.

Omi, Heijiro. Rengo Kantai Shirei Chokan Yamamoto Isoroku to Sono Sanbotachi. 

Tokyo: Tei Ai Esu, 2000. 213p.

Operational History of Japanese Naval Communications, December 1941-August 

1945. Laguna Hills, CA: Aegean Park Press, c1985. 407p.

Overy, R. J. Why the Allies Won. 1st American ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. 

396p.

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[A]n important corrective to the prevailing view that the Allies won primarily because they had a 

much larger population base and produced far more than their Axis opponents, and because the enemy 

made numerous mistakes. While not denying that these factors made a difference, Overy contends that 

other elements-technological quality, combat prowess, organization and leadership, fighting a moral warwere also present and help explain the Allied victory... proves his overriding theme by examining Allied 

successes and Axis failures in six different settings-Coral Sea and Midway, the Battle of the Atlantic, 

Stalingrad and Kursk, the tactical air war, the strategic bombing offensive, and Normandy. -- Alan F. Wilt, 

The Journal of Military History 60(4):797 October 1996.

Overy, R. J. The Pacific War: The Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific 

Theatre of World War II. London: Salamander Books, c1999. 272p.

Padfield, Peter. Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval 

Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World, 1852-2011. New York: Overlook Press, 

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Parker, Frederick D. A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications 

Intelligence and the Battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians. Fort 

George G. Meade, MD: Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency, 1993. 

88p.

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Electronic Access: 

http://www.nsa.gov/about/_files/cryptologic_heritage/publications/wwii/priceless_advant

age.pdf

Parkin, Robert Sinclair. Blood on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War 

II. New York: Sarpedon, 1996. 360p.

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Compiling historical sketches of the 71 US destroyers lost in World War II, Robert Sinclair Parkin 

brings under one cover the story of these ships and their brave crews. Each sketch provides the ship's 

namesake, circumstances surrounding its loss and brief technical details. I recommend this book to the 

general reader and for maritime naval collections. -- Harold N Boyer, Military Review 78(1):107 

January/February 1998.
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Parrington, James R. Operational Failures Caused by Arrogant Leaders. Newport, 

RI : Naval War College, 2008. 26p.

Abstract : The Japanese defeat at Midway and the U.S. occupational failure in Iraq resulted from 

operational blindness on the part of arrogant strategic leaders. The failures of the Japanese and U.S. 

militaries directly resulted from the professional arrogance exhibited by Admiral Yamamoto and Secretary 

Rumsfeld as they deliberately limited the scope of their strategic thinking to how their own forces would 

be employed, exclusive of the combat potential available to their enemy. Admiral Yamamoto and 

Secretary Rumsfeld insisted on complete control and created environments where their highly capable 

and informed subordinates were either isolated from the decision-making process or not included at all. 

They were similarly contemptuous of their foe and uncritical of their own capabilities. Admiral Yamamoto 

and Secretary Rumsfeld made the mistake of confusing great power with unlimited power, failed to 

recognize that their positions were subordinate to a greater goal, and ultimately lost perspective on the 

limits of their power.

Electronic Access : http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA494210

Parshall, Jonathan and Anthony Tully. Shattered Sword: The Japanese Story of the 

Battle of Midway. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2005. 640p.

Contents: Introduction -- Section I: Preliminaries (Josho) -- Ch. 1: Departure; Ch. 2: Genesis of a Battle; 

Ch. 3: Plans; Ch. 4: Ill Omens; Ch. 5: Transit; Ch. 6: Fog and Final Preparations -- Section II: Battle Diary 

(Sento Nikki); Ch. 7: Morning Attack-0430-0600; Ch. 8: A Lull Before the Storm-0600-0700; Ch. 9: The 

Enemy Revealed-0700-0800; Ch. 10: Trading Blows-0800-0917; Ch. 11: Fatal Complications-0917-1020; 

Ch. 12: 1020-10:25-A Fallacious Five Minutes; Ch. 13: The Iron Fist-1020-1030; Ch. 14: Fire and Death1030-1100; Ch. 15: Up the Steel Steps-1100-1200; Ch. 16: Japanese Counterstrikes-1200-1400; Ch. 17: 

Last Gasp-1400-1800; Ch. 18: Scuttlings-1800-Dawn, 5 June; Ch. 19: Retreat; Ch. 20: And Death to the 

Cripples...; Ch. 21: A Bitter Homecoming -- Section III: Reckonings (Kessan) -- Ch. 22: Why Did Japan 

Lose?; Ch. 23: Assessing the Battle's Importance; Ch. 24: The Myths and Mythmakers of Midway --

Appendices: Appendix 1: List of Personnel; Appendix 2: Order of Battle; Appendix 3: IJN Carrier Air 

Operations; Appendix 4: IJN Strike Rosters; Appendix 5: Japanese Carrier Data; Appendix 6: Japanese 

Aircraft Data; Appendix 7: Japanese Radar at Midway; Appendix 8: Japanese Aircraft Tailcodes at the 

Battle of Midway; Appendix 9: Aleutians Force Distributions; Appendix 10: Discovery of Carrier Kaga; 

Appendix 11: Japanese Amphibious Operations Against Midway-An Analysis.

While most of their predecessors have fallen into the same mold-looking at the battle from the 

American vantage only-Parshall and Tully break new ground in bringing the Japanese perspective into 

the picture. The authors make no bones about it up front. They correctly claim that most American 

accounts use the same sources to look at the battle from the Japanese vantage point, mainly Fucliida 

Mitsuo and Okumiya Masatake's 1955 Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan. The authors contend that 

this is an immense error, for Fuchida's book has long been dismissed by Japanese scholars and military 

accounts. Only in the United States has Fuchida been universally accepted. .... The authors state that 

their book attempts to do three things -- present the battle from the Japanese side, study it almost 

exclusively from an aircraft carrier viewpoint, and point out the errors and exaggerations in a group of 

myths that have surrounded the battle. The authors succeed in all three goals. -- John F Wukovits, 

Journal of Military History 70(2):537-538 April 2006.

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Peck, Ira. The Battle of Midway. New York: Scholastic Book Services, c1976. 151p.

Petty, Bruce M. Voices from the Pacific War: Bluejackets Remember. Annapolis, 

MD: Naval Institute Press, 2004. 253p.

Pimlott, John. The Historical Atlas of World War II. 1st ed. New York: H. Holt, 1995. 

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Pino Pongolini, Francesca. La Battalglia Delle Midway. Milano, G. De Vecchi, 1971. 

268p.

Piotrowicz, Edward J. The Battle for Intelligence: How a New Understanding of 

Intelligence Illuminates Victory and Defeat in World War II. Thesis. Washington, DC: 

Georgetown University, 2011.

Electronic Access: http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/553559

Polmar, Norman el al. Aircraft Carriers: A Graphic History of Carrier Aviation and 

Its Influence on World Events. [1st ed.]. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969. 788p.

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Polmar, Norman el al. Aircraft Carriers: A Graphic History of Carrier Aviation and 

Its Influence on World Events. London: Macdonald & Co., 1969. 788p.

Polmar, Norman el al. Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its 

Influence on World Events. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, c2006 480p.

Contents: Volume I: 1909-1945: 1 - Wings Over the Sea; 2 - The First Aircraft Carriers; 3 - Between the 

Wars; 4 - Building Carrier Fleets; 5 - Preparing for War; 6 - War in the West; 7 - War in the Mediterranean; 

8 - War in the Pacific; 9 - Date of Infamy; 10 - Japanese Triumph; 11 - Offensive Defense; 12 - The First 

Carrier Battle; 13 - Midway; 14 - Midway Aftermath; 15 - Building Aircraft Carriers; 16 - The First Allied 

Assault; 17 - The Solomons Won; 18 - The European War; 19 - Carriers on the Offensive; 20 - Across the 

Broad Pacific; 21 - The Biggest Carrier Battle; 22 - Marianas Aftermath; 23 - Leyte: Setting the Pieces; 24 

- Leyte: The Battles; 25 - The End of the Japanese Fleet; 26 - The Final Battles; 27 - New Planes and 

Ships; 28 - Carriers to Japan; Appendixes: A - Aircraft Carrier Losses, 1939-1945; B - Aircraft Flown to 

Malta, 1940-1942; C - Convoys to Malta, 1940-1942.

Rev. ed. of: Aircraft carriers: a graphic history of carrier aviation and its influence on world events, c1969.

Aircraft carriers, conceived nearly a century ago as floating airfields, have evolved into infinitely 

flexible pieces of mobile sovereign real estate available to project power offensively and defensively 

anywhere in the globe .... Norman Polmar has produced the unique and essential source book for naval 

persons and future policy makers who will be called upon to employ these platforms to ensure global 

security in the century ahead. -- John F. Lehman, former secretary of the Navy and 9/11 Commissioner 

http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=69745

Poolman, Kenneth. The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945. 

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[P]resents an in-depth history of the development and employment of some of the most important 

weapons that dominated naval warfare from 1939 to 1945 ... also devotes considerable attention to the 

evolution of Allied carrier aircraft, controlled by multichannel high frequency radio, which ultimately came 

to dominate surface combat and contributed immensely to the U.S./Allied victory over Japan in the 

Pacific.... The battles of Midway and Guadalcanal are given special indepth analysis, and the impact of 

Japanese kamikaze attacks also is addressed. --Sea Power 40(6):48 June 1997.

Potter, E. B. Nimitz. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1976. 507p.

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Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz, eds. The Great Sea War: The Story of Naval 

Action in World War II. New York: Bramhall House, [1960]. 468p.

Adapted from the Naval History of World War II as told in Sea Power.

Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz, eds. Triumph in the Pacific: The Navy's 

Struggle Against Japan. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall [1963]. 186p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D773 .P6 1963

Chap[ter] 6 was written by Henry H. Adams and Edwin M. Hall; the rest, by E.B. Potter. This book was 

adapted from a portion of Sea Power, of which Henry H. Adams and J.R. Fredland are assistant editors.

Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz, eds. Voina Na More, 1939-1945: 

Sokrashchennyi Perevod S Angliiskogo. Moskva: Voennoe izd-vo Ministerstva 

oborony SSSR, 1965. 452p.

Russian translation of The great sea war; the story of naval action in World War II.

Potter, E. B. et al, eds. Sea Power: A Naval History. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall, 1960. 932p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D27 .P8

Potter, E. B. et al, eds. Sea Power: A Naval History. 2nd ed. Annapolis, MD: Naval 

Institute Press, c1981. 419p.

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Potter, John Deane. Admiral of the Pacific: The Life of Yamamoto. London: 

Heinemann, [1965]. 332p.

Potter, John Deane. Yamamoto: The Man Who Menaced America. New York: Viking 

Press, [1965]. 332p.

First published in Great Britain as Admiral of the Pacific: the life of Yamamoto.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL DS890.Y25 P6 1965

Prados, John. Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American 

Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II. 1st ed. New York: Random 

House, c1995. 832p.

Contains comprehensive bibliographies

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John Prados has produced an interesting account of the role of intelligence in naval warfare in the Pacific 

by employing "an approach that brings together the mundane as well as the exalted, the low and the high, 

and shows how all together influenced the course of the war" (p. xxii). Thus, for example, Prados explains 

that U.S. Navy codebreakers were evacuated from Corregidor by the submarine Permit in March 1942. 

The rescued cryptologists knew from their secret sources of the impending danger of a Japanese 

destroyer picket line; when they learned that the Permit's course would take them straight into the enemy 

net, they decided, because of the extremely sensitive nature of their source of intelligence, not to tell the 

submarine's skipper. As a result, the Permit was caught by surprise and barely survived a grueling 

twenty-two hour attack by Japanese destroyers. .... The title Combined Fleet Decoded seems a little 

misleading. Because of the admirable scope of the work, only about 25 percent of it concerns intelligence 

issues and 75 percent is straightforward battle history. Moreover, Prados fails to take advantage of any of 

the many Japanese studies not translated into English. Disregarded are such important studies as the 

Japanese official history of the Second World War from the Boeicho Boeikenshujo Senshibu Defense 
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Ministry, Defense Research Institute, War History Branch, now in excess of one hundred volumes, and 

numerous Japanese memoirs and oral histories available only in the Japanese language. The author's 

explanation is unsatisfactory: "The language problem turned out to be a blessing in disguise. For 

example,. the captured records included exactly the kind of materials I had hoped to get from Japaneselanguage sources" (p. xxiii). In particular, this absence of Japanese-language sources weakens the 

scholarly significance of this otherwise inspiring narrative. -- Boyd, Carl. The Journal of Military History 

60(2):389 April 1996.

Prange, Gordon William, Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Miracle at 

Midway. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1982. 469p.

A sequel to At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor.

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Prange, Gordon William, Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Miracle at 

Midway. Collector's ed. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990?], c1982. 469p.

Prange, Gordon William, Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Miracle at 

Midway. Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York: Penguin Books, 1983. 

469p.

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Here is the definitive history of the battle of Midway, an American victory that marked the turning 

point of the war in the Pacific during World War II. Told with the same stylistic flair and attention to detail 

as the bestselling At Dawn We Slept, Miracle at Midway brings together eyewitness accounts from the 

men who commanded and fought on both sides. The sweeping narrative takes readers into the thick of 

the action and shows exactly how American strategies and decisions led to the triumphant victory that 

paved the way for the defeat of Japan. --

http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140068146,00.html

Prange, Gordon William, Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Miracle at 

Midway. London: Penguin, 2002. (Classic military history). 469p.

Pratt, Fletcher. Fighting Ships of the United States Navy. Garden City, NY: Garden 

City Publishing Co., Inc., c1941. [26]p.

Pratt, Fletcher. Fleet Against Japan. New York, London: Harper & Brothers, [1946]. 

263p.

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Pratt, Fletcher. Front De Mer, Pacifique: 1941-1942. New-York: Les Éditions 

Transatlantique, 1945. 330p.

French translation of The Navy’s War.

Pratt, Fletcher. The Marines' War, an Account of the Struggle for the Pacific from

Both American and Japanese Sources. New York: W. Sloane Associates, [1948]. 

456p.

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Pratt, Fletcher. The Navy Has Wings. New York and London: Harper & brothers, 

[1943]. 224p.

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Pratt, Fletcher. The Navy's War. New York, London: Harper & Brothers, [1944]. 295p.

NPS/DKL Location: BUCKLEY D733 .P79

Pratt, Fletcher. The Navy's War. 2nd ed. New York: Harper, [c1944]. 295p.

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Pratt, Fletcher. Zeeslagen in Den Grooten Oceaan, 1941-1942. New York: 

Transatlantic, 1945. 327p.

Uit het engelsch vertaald naar het in 1944 .. ultgegeven boek, getiteld 'The Navy's War'.

Preston, Antony, ed. Decisive Battles of the Pacific War. London; New York [etc.]: 

Hamlyn, 1979. 192p.

Preston, Antony, ed. Destroyers. 1st US ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 

1977. 224p.

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Preston, Antony, ed. Destroyers. London; New York: Hamlyn, c1977. 224p.

Puleston, W. D. The Influence of Sea Power in World War II. New Haven, Yale 

University Press, 1947. 310p.

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Puleston, W. D. The Influence of Sea Power in World War II. Westport, CT: 

Greenwood Press [1970, c1947]. 310p.

Regan, Stephen D. In Bitter Tempest: The Biography of Admiral Frank Jack 

Fletcher. 1st ed. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1994. 288p.

To historians of the Pacific War, Frank Jack Fletcher remains such an enigma that a recent article 

asked whether he was a "Pioneer Warrior or Gross Sinner?" Task force commander at the Battle of the 

Coral Sea, a victor off Midway, and leader of the Carrier Force early in the Solomons offensive, Fletcher 

thereafter "received commands ... more commensurate with his abilities," according to Samuel Eliot 

Morison. Sadly, this haphazardly researched, atrociously written biography by Stephen Regan, an Upper 

Iowa University educational psychologist, does nothing whatsoever to solve the riddle of this most 

unlucky admiral. -- Robert W. Love, Jr.; The Journal of Military History 58(4):764 October 1994.

Reeves, Andrew T. Maritime Military Decision Making in Environments of Extreme 

Information Ambiguity: An Initial Exploration. Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate 

School, 2005. (ADA439589). 133p.

Thesis (M.S. in Systems Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2005.

Abstract: This thesis examines the following hypothesis: Through the combined use of common training 

and collaborative planning, a decision maker may sufficiently alleviate the harmful effects of an 

environment of information so that he/she can continue to make effective decisions. An environment of 

extreme information ambiguity, a dependent variable, is one of the most difficult components of a battle 
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where the decision maker may reach a confusing and debilitating point where surviving seems less and 

less likely. Common training, an independent variable, purports that everyone who is relevant to the 

situation in the battlespace has similar skills, education, doctrine, and standards of performance coupled 

with comparable experiences. Collaborative planning, an independent variable, connotes a sharing of 

ideas; synchronization of assets, use of information technology, global real-time mission planning, faceto-face meetings, and other information sharing techniques for situations of collective concern. This thesis 

is a unique and in depth exploration of the relation of these three variables. Until now, no other research 

has looked at the relation of common training and collaborative planning with respect to decision making 

in environments of extreme information ambiguity. In order to explore the model the researcher analyzed 

two historical military battles: the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Midway. Detailed research using a 

case study method was conducted to determine if the battles substantiated the thesis model. Research 

results indicate that for the maritime battles studied, the model appears to be a useful tool for 

interpretation and description of events and their outcomes. However, future studies should also increase 

the number and type of battles and other factors such as time and leadership should be considered.

Electronic access: 

http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2005/Sep/05Sep_Reeves.pdf

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA439589

Reeves, Lawrence J. The Value of Communications Intelligence: A Collection of 

Blue Flag Messages. 65th Anniversary, the Battle of Midway. [Santa Cruz, Calif.] : 

Systems Research Associates, 2007. 30p.

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Contents; Prologue -- Afterthoughts -- Events leading to Midway, 1942 -- Navy leadership -- Founders of 

OP-20-G and HYPO at CINCPAC -- COMINT consumers and decision makers -- Communications 

intelligence facilities -- Results of the priceless advantage -- Blue flag messages, 16 May to 5 June, 1942 

-- Honoring CDR William H. Cullin, USN (Ret) -- Epilogue

Reynolds, Clark G. The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy. [1st ed.]. New 

York: McGraw-Hill, [1968]. 498p.

A good account of the way in which, with the construction of two dozen fast carriers by 1944, the 

USN was able to use the new fleet tactics of crippling carrier raids throughout most of Japan’s dwindling 

empire. Together with submarine interdiction these mortally injured the IJN and its bases, and cut Japan 

off from the resources of her empire. -- Paul S. Dull, A BATTLE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL

JAPANESE NAVY, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. p. 381.

Rohwer, Jurgen. War at Sea, 1939-1945 = Krieg Zur See, 1939-1945. Annapolis, MD: 

Naval Institute Press, c1996. 192p.

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Rohwer, a respected naval historian who served on a German Navy destroyer and several 

minesweepers from 1942 to 1945, surveys the naval battles and other events in the Mediterranean, 

Baltic, and North Seas-and Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans-during World War II. Drawing on 

newly accessible documents and photographs, Rohwer focuses most of his narrative on the strategy and 

operations of the Allied and Axis powers, but also discusses technical requirements and innovations in 

weaponry on both sides of the conflict. A particularly valuable feature of this history is Rohwer's skill at 

analyzing cause and effect and the interrelation of disparate events. A well balanced history from an 

international perspective, War at Sea offers some fresh insights about the role of naval combat in World 

War II and its effect upon the outcome. -- Mary I. Nolan, Sea Power 40(3):37 March 1997.
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Roscoe, Theodore. United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, 

MD: United States Naval Institute, [1953]. 581p.

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Rose, Lisle Abbott. The Ship that Held the Line: The U.S.S. Hornet and the First 

Year of the Pacific War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1995. 309p.

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Taken by itself, the story of the doughty warship's brief career provides a dramatic and exciting 

history lesson, but the book is much more than a simple action epic. It is the study of her men, the 

individual blackshoes and airedales making up her crew and air group, which allows professional military 

readers to put themselves into the lives of their counterparts. -- Raymond L Puffer, Airpower Journal

11(2):116-117 Summer 1997.

Roskill, Stephen Wentworth. The War at Sea, 1939-1945. London: H.M. Stationery 

Off., 1954-61. 3 v. in 4.

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The official Royal Naval history of World War II. In discussing USN action in the Pacific, Roskill 

seems to follow Morison’s volumes exactly. -- Paul S. Dull, A BATTLE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL

JAPANESE NAVY, 1941-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. p. 381.

Roskill, Stephen Wentworth. Flot I Voina: Sokrashchennyi Perevod S Angliiskogo. 

Moskva: Voen. izd.-vo., 1967-1974?. V.

Russian translation of The War at Sea, 1939-1945

Rottman, Gordon L. World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study. 

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. 477p.

Contents: Part I: Geo-Military Aspects of the Pacific Theater -- The Pacific Ocean -- The Islands --

Population and Political Dynamics -- Terminology -- Note -- Part II: World War I in the Pacific Chronology -

- Pacific Ocean Area – Southwest Pacific Area -- Part III: The Islands -- 1. Central and Southern Pacific 

U.S. Possessions -- Wake Island -- Midway Island -- Johnston Island -- Palmyra Island and Kingman 

Reef, Line Islands -- Christmas and Fanning Islands, Line Islands -- Canton Island, Phoenix Group --

French Frigate Shoal, Hawaiian Islands -- Notes -- Reading Suggestions -- 2. South Pacific Area -- The 

Island Bases and the Southern Lifeline – Borabora Island, Society Islands -- Tongatabu Island, Tonga 

Islands -- New Caledonia Island -- Norfolk Island – New Hebrides Islands -- Tutuila Island, American 

Samoa -- Upolu and Savai'i Islands, Western Samoa – Wallis (Uvea) Island -- Viti Levu Island, Fiji Islands 

-- Solomon Islands -- Notes -- Reading Suggestions -- 3. Southwest Pacific Area -- New Guinea (Papua 

and North-East New Guinea) -- Kiriwina and Woodlark Islands, Territory of Papua -- Bismarck 

Archipelago -- Netherlands East Indies (and British and Portuguese East -- Indies Possessions) -- The 

Philippines -- Notes -- Reading Suggestions -- 4. Central Pacific Area -- Gilbert and Ellice Crown Colony -

- Nauru Island -- Ocean Island -- Japanese Mandated Territory – Marshall Islands -- Mariana Islands --

Caroline Islands -- Notes -- Reading Suggestions -- 5. Western Pacific – Nanpo Shoto, Japan -- Nansei 

Shoto, Japan -- Reading Suggestions -- 6. North Pacific Area – Aleutian Islands, Alaska -- Reading 

Suggestions.

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This is a unique book in the literature of the Pacific War, providing in one place basic information 

about each island caught up in that conflagration, including geographic characteristics, prewar and 

postwar history, and World War II events as experienced by the Allied and Japanese sides alike. --

William H. Bartsch, The Journal of Military History 67(1):278-279 2003.
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Russell, Ronald W. No Right to Win: A Continuing Dialogue with Veterans of the 

Battle of Midway. New York, NY: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. 330p.

In 1942, one of the most powerful naval forces in history descended upon the tiny atoll of Midway, 

1100 miles northwest of Hawaii. The Japanese intent was to lure America's badly depleted Pacific Fleet 

into the open where it would be overwhelmed, forcing the U.S. to end the Pacific War on Japanese terms. 

But it didn't happen that way. Through an amazing combination of skill, courage, and especially luck, U.S. 

not only prevailed at Midway but delivered to the enemy a crushing defeat that instantly changed the 

course of the war.

No Right to Win is a fresh look at the great battle, focusing entirely on first-hand accounts by Midway 

veterans and the understandings that can be derived from them. Included are many of their anecdotes 

and revelations that compel a rethinking of some of the battle's most entrenched understandings. Could 

the defenders on the atoll have repulsed a Japanese invasion? Did an aircraft carrier captain falsify his 

after-action report? Were the Japanese about to invade Hawaii? Did the battle impact the D-Day landings 

in Normandy? No Right to Win explores those intriguing questions and much more in a wide-ranging 

examination of the twentieth century's most important naval battle. http://www.amazon.com/No-RightWin-Continuing-Dialogue/dp/0595405118

St. Romain, P. M. Case Study: Midway. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Air 

Command and Staff College, 1987. (ADA179846; ACSC-87-2395). 33p.

Abstract: The case study of the Battle of Midway incorporates the principles of war from AFM 1-1, the 

definition of friction of war and illustrates those concepts using the events from the Battle of Midway. It 

was designed as a reading and study guide for sophomore level cadets at the A.F. Academy.

Sakai, Saburo, Martin Caidin and Fred Saito. Samurai! [1st ed.]. New York: Dutton, 

1957. 382p.

Sakai, Saburo, Martin Caidin and Fred Saito. . Samurai. London: New English Library, 

1969. 190p.

Sakai, Saburo, Martin Caidin and Fred Saito. . Samurai! [Alexandria, VA]: Time-Life 

Books, 1990. 382p.

Sakai, Saburo, Martin Caidin and Fred Saito. . Samurai! Annapolis, MD: Naval 

Institute Press, c1991. 362p.

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Sandler, Stanley, ed. World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia. New York: 

Garland Pub., 2000. 660p.

Editor Stanley Sandler, one of the United States' most distinguished military historians, has compiled a 

comprehensive 675-page volume that documents the war between the United States and Japan, from the 

1930s when the two countries moved toward war, to 1945 when the United States accepted the formal 

surrender of Japan aboard the battleship USS Missouri. By then 22 million civilians who lost their lives 

mainly at the hands of the Japanese Army. Sandler's 250 well-documented entries include the military 

campaigns, politics, and personalities of the conflict. – Anonymous, American History 36(6):70 February 

2002.

Sanematsu, Yuzuru. Yonai Mitsumasa: Yamamoto Isoroku Ga Mottomo Sonkei 

Shita Ichi Gunjin No Shogai. Shinsoban. Tokyo: Kojinsha, 1990. 493p.
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Sawachi, Hisae. Kazoku No Ki: Middowe Kaisen Shusho. Tokyo: Bungei Shunju, 

1992. 227p.

Sawachi, Hisae. Kiroku Middoue Kaisen. Tokyo: Bungei Shunju, Showa 61 [1986]. 

564p.

Sawachi, Hisae. Umi Yo Nemure: Middowe Kaisen No Sei to Shi. Tokyo: Mainichi 

Shinbunsha, Showa 59-60 [1984-1985]. 6 v.

Sbrega, John J. The War against Japan, 1941-1945: An Annotated Bibliography. 

New York: Garland, 1989. 1050p.

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Schom, Alan. The Eagle and the Rising Sun: The Japanese-American War, 1941-

1943, Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. 540p.

Contents: Chapter 1: A distinguished visitor -- Chapter 2: The world in flux -- Chapter 3: Spreading 

imperial virtue -- Chapter 4: The eight corners of the world -- Chapter 5: Unlimited national emergency --

Chapter 6: We cannot speculate with the security of this country -- Chapter 7: General quarters! --

Chapter 8: Two admirals -- Chapter 9: and a General -- Chapter 10: The Philippines: "A limit to human 

endurance" -- Chapter 11: First Washington Conference – Chapter 12: Yamamoto's great offensive: Coral 

Sea and Midway -- Chapter 13: Australia-New Guinea -- Chapter 14: "Sock 'em in the Solomons" --

Chapter 15: Guadalcanal -- Chapter 16: Operation KA -- Chapter 17: The open slot -- Chapter 18: "A 

goddam mess" -- Chapter 19: "Friday the bloody thirteenth" -- Chapter 20: A troubled Hirohito.

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In a new history of World War II in the Pacific, Alan Schom has written a revisionist account of the 

years 1941-43. He focuses first on internal turmoil in Japan as the military forced their demands for 

aggression on the politicians. Emperor Hirohito emerges as a willing participant in planning the war. 

Schom follows the war from the attack on Pearl Harbor to Midway, Savo Island, and the bloody campaign 

on Guadalcanal. The U.S. Navy had successfully "attacked" Pearl Harbor in three simulated attacks. 

There are vivid portraits of those who played the leading roles in this terrible conflict: Yamamoto, Ernest 

J. King, William Halsey, Chester Nimitz, and others. Schom's sharpest criticism is reserved for Douglas 

MacArthur, who failed to take adequate precautions against the Japanese invasion. He even refused 

permission for American planes to bomb Japanese bases in Formosa after the attack on Pearl Harbor. 

Eventually the "old boy" network protected MacArthur from a court-martial. Schom ends his book with the 

withdrawal of the Japanese forces from Guadalcanal after a long, bloody campaign. This is a brilliant 

history of the early years of the struggle to dominate the Pacific in World War II. -- Keith Eubank, The 

Virginia Quarterly Review 80(3):258

Summer 2004.

Schorreck, Henry F. The Role of COMINT in the Battle of Midway. Office of Naval 

Intelligence, [declassified 1975]. 9p.

Sherrod, Robert Lee. History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II. [1st ed.] 

Washington, Combat Forces Press, [1952]. 496p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL/BUCKLEY D790 .S5 1952
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Schultz, Robert and James Shell. We Were Pirates: A Torpedoman's Pacific War.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c2009. 212p.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D783.5 T34 S34 2009

Sherrod, Robert Lee. History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II. 

Washington: Combat Forces Press, [1979], c1952. 496p.

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Sherman, Frederick C. Combat Command: The American Aircraft Carriers in The 

Pacific War. New York: Dutton, 1950. 427p.

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Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha. Yamamoto Isoroku No Subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu 

Oraisha, Showa 60 [1985]. 272p.

Shultz, Linda K. A Comparative Analysis of the Operational Leadership of Admiral 

Isoroku Yamamoto and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at the Battle of Midway. 

Newport, RI: Naval War College, May 1997. 23p.

Abstract: Operational leadership can have a significant impact on the outcome of any operation or 

campaign and may often be the determining factor in the end result, irrespective of who holds the

advantage. To illustrate this point this paper provides an analysis of the operational leadership of the 

opposing commanders at the Battle of Midway. By comparing Admiral Yamamoto's and Admiral Nimitz's 

application of the principles of war, this paper demonstrates the significant impact of their operational 

leadership on the outcome of the Battle of Midway. Nimitz’s clear vision, courage, and confidence in 

himself and his subordinates as well as his sound application of the principles of war overcame the 

overwhelming numerical and qualitative superiority of Yamamoto's Combined Fleet. Effective leadership 

is as significant in today's technologically advanced environment as it was during the World War II. The 

types of operational leadership challenges faced by Nimitz and Yamamoto must be faced by today's 

leaders, who must also carry the responsibility for ensuring the continued development of these elements 

of sound leadership in the operational leaders of tomorrow.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA328219

Simpsas, Mar G. To Doxasmeno Midway. 1970. 163p.

Smith, Bradley F. The Ultra-Magic Deals and the Most Secret Special Relationship, 

1940-1946. Novato, CA: Presidio, c1993. 276p.

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When the subject of special Anglo-American relationships in World War II is raised, one is likely 

first to think in terms of personalities ... in Bradley Smith’s fascinating study, however, institutional 

arrangements are emphasized, while key personalities perform colorfully in the grand drama of the war. 

Thus Smith, through a combination of fine writing skills and original, extremely rich source material, 

makes a major contribution to the serious literature of the 1939-1945 war. -- Carl Boyd, The Journal of 

Military History 57(2):347 April 1993.

Smith, Chester Leo. Midway 4 June 1942. [1st ed.]. London: Regency Press, 

[c.1962]. 65p.

Essays and poems, including a sound disk.
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Smith, Chester Leo. Midway 4 June 1942. [1st U.S. ed.]. [Los Angeles]: Bede Press, 

[1967]. 65p.

Essays and poems, including a sound disk.

Smith, Michael. The Emperor’s Codes: The Breaking of Japan’s Secret Ciphers. 

New York: Arcade Pub., 2001 323p.

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Smith, Myron J. The Battles of Coral Sea and Midway, 1942: A Selected 

Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. (Bibliographies of battles and 

leaders; no. 5). 157p.

Smith, Myron J. World War II at Sea: A Bibliography of Sources in English. 

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977. 3 v.

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Smith, Myron J. World War II at Sea: A Bibliography of Sources in English, 1974-

1989. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. 304p.

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Smith, Peter Charles. The Battle of Midway. London: New English Library, 1976. 

189p.

Smith, Peter Charles. The Battle of Midway. New and rev. ed. Stapelhurst, Kent: 

Spellmount Ltd., 1976 c1996. 192p.

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Smith, Peter Charles. Impact: The Dive Bomber Pilots Speak. London: William 

Kimber, 1981. 253p.

Smith, Peter Charles. Into the Assault: Famous Dive-Bomber Aces of the Second 

World War. London: John Murray, 1985. 223p.

Smith, Peter Charles. Midway: Dauntless Victory – Fresh Perspectives on 

America’s Seminal Naval Victory of World War II. South Yorkshire, UK: Pen and 

Sword Books, 2007. 378p.

Smith, Stanley E., comp. The United States Marine Corps in World War II: The OneVolume History, from Wake to Tsingtao, by the Men Who Fought in the Pacific 

and by Distinguished Marine Experts, Authors, and Newspapermen. New York: 

Random House, [1969]. 965p.

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Smith, William Ward. Midway, Turning Point of the Pacific. New York, Crowell, 

[1966]. 174p.
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Spector, Ronald H., ed. Listening to the Enemy: Key Documents on the Role of 

Communications Intelligence in the War with Japan. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly 

Resources Inc., 1988. 285p.

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Fullinwider and his men escaped unscathed when the Lexington was sunk in that action [Coral 

Sea Battle]. Fullinwider, in the Yorktown, and Slonim in the Enterprise were with the Midway forces and 

provided valuable information after contact was made, through interception of Japanese plain language 

reports. Fullinwider and his men again survived the loss of a carrier, the Yorktown, and were ‘grounded,’ 

due to a shortage of carriers.

Stafford, Edward Peary. The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise. Annapolis, 

MD: Naval Institute Press, [1988], c1962. 585p.

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Stech, Frank J. and Christopher Elsaesser. Midway Revisited: Detecting Deception 

by Analysis of Competing Hypothesis. Mclean VA: Mitre Corporation, 2004. 29p.

Presented at the MORS Symposium (72nd) held in Monterey, CA on 22-24 Jun 2004.

Abstract: Historical accounts of military deception abound, but there are few historical accounts of 

counter-deception, and fewer operational theories. This paper describes a business process and semiautomated tools for detecting deception. The counter-deception business process begins with hypothesis 

generation. This consists of automated course of action generation in tactical situations; strategic 

situations require hypothesis elicitation from analysts. Next, hypotheses and related potential evidence 

are represented by a Bayesian belief network. This network is the basis of a diagnostic analysis derived 

from classification theory. The result is a weighted list of possible observations that: (1) identify 

distinguishing evidence that a deceiver must hide and a counter-deceiver must uncover, (2) isolate local 

deception in intelligence reporting and sensing from global deception, and (3) identify circumstances 

when it might be fruitful to entertain additional hypotheses. We illustrate this process by describing how it 

could have been used by the Japanese Navy before the Battle of Midway to detect the American denial 

and deception tactics.

Electronic access: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA428173

Stille, Mark and Howard Gerrard. Midway 1942 : Turning Point in the Pacific. Oxford ; 

Long Island, NY : Osprey Pub., 2010. 96p.

Svenne, Ilze. Clausewitz, Corbett and Naval Strategy in the Pacific Area in World 

War II. Adelaide: Microfilmed by Hawker de Havilland for Barr Smith Library, 1973. 

Thesis (B.A. Hons.)--University of Adelaide, 1965.

Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft Since 

1911. [3rd rev. ed]. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 1990. 612p.

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Swanson, John F. Lieut. Comdr. John F. Swanson United States Navy (Retired) / 

Survey Created by David F. Winkler.

Washington, DC: Oral History Program, Naval Historical Foundation, 2004. 11p.

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Sweetman, Jack, ed. The Great Admirals: Command At Sea, 1587-1945. Annapolis, 

MD: Naval Institute Press, c1997. 535p.

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Leadership amidst the confusion and violence of war at sea is a central theme. Sweetman has 

assembled biographical essays on 19 naval combat leaders written by an international group of authors. 

In addition to the profiles of individuals, the book contains six companion essays that chronicle the 

development of tactics, technology, and doctrine of naval warfare through the centuries, making The 

Great Admirals two books in one. This fine book's discussions of Drake and the Age of Sail through Bull 

Halsey and the development of naval aviation should be on every naval professional's reading list. Much 

would be gained as well if the book were read by senior officers in the other services. The problems of 

high-level command may differ in form according to the medium in which command is exercised, but they 

are comparable in function. -- Captain John C. Dailey, USN, Senior Navy Representative, US Army War 

College, Parameters: Journal of the US Army War College 28(2):167-169 Summer 1998.

Sweetman, Jack, ed. Great American Naval Battles. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute 

Press, c1998. 416p.

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Mr. Sweetman has carefully selected the battles and their historians and has himself contributed 

a splendid introduction, placing all the battles within the broader historical context of the U.S. Navy. In the 

first 100 years of its history, he tells us, the United States was incapable of fighting major battles with 

European navies. Not until the Spanish-American War did the United States indulge in what the French 

call "guerre d'escadre," squadron warfare, choosing instead to content itself with "guerre de course," war 

against the merchant fleets of its enemies. .... The Navy's conversion to waging a "guerre d'escadre" was 

the watershed moment of American naval history, so it is not surprising that there is a heavy emphasis on 

World War II, and especially the Pacific Theater, where the U.S. navy fought a real "guerre d'escadre." 

The Battle of Midway in June 1942 "cost the lives of 307 sailors and marines. It cost Japan 3,500 men -

and the war." After Midway, the Pacific Ocean became and American lake. -- Byron Farwell, The 

Washington Times BOOKS B6 May 9, 1999.

Symonds, Craig. L. The Battle of Midway. New York, Oxford University Press, 2011. 

452p.

Contents: CinCPac -- The Kido 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 6:00p.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

Symonds, Craig L. Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped America 

History. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 378p.

Contents: Prologue: naval battles and history -- Wooden warships and the western frontier: the Battle of 

Lake Erie, September 10, 1813 -- Iron, steam, and national union: the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-

9, 1862 -- Armored cruisers and empire: the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898 -- Naval aviation and world 

war: the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942 -- Missile warfare and the American imperium: Operation Praying 

Mantis, the Persian Gulf, April 18, 1988 -- Epilogue: naval battles and the 21st century.

Decision at Sea is a carefully crafted chronicle of five pivotal sea battles that had enormous 

impact on both the growth of the United States and the evolution of its geopolitical role and policies. This 

is a thoughtful and entertaining history of the United States Navy doing what it does best-making a 
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difference when it really counts. I heartily recommend it to Navy personnel, as well as to friends of the 

Navy, worldwide. -- Ron Benigo, United States Naval Institute Proceedings 132(9):82 September 

2005.

Takagi, Sokichi. Yamamoto Isoroku to Yonai Mitsumasa . Shintei dai 2-satsu. 

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Takagi, Takeo, comp. Taiheiyo Senso. Yomiuri Shimbun, [Tokyo], 45 [1970]. 2 

portfolios.

Tanaka, Reizo. Kaisen to Hana. 18 [1943]. 258p.

Japanese poetry about World War II naval battles.

Thürk, Harry. Midway: Die Wende Des Pazifik-Krieges 1942. 1. Aufl. Berlin: 

Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, c1991. 270p.

Tillman, Barrett. The Dauntless Dive Bomber of World War Two. Annapolis, MD: 

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Tillman, Barrett. Dauntless: A Novel of Midway and Guadalcanal. New York: 

Bantam Books, 1992. 412p.

The 50th anniversary of WW II will undoubtedly unleash a spate of books over the next few years, 

and this fictionalized version of the crucial Battle of Midway in the summer of 1942 is in the vanguard ... 

Tillman's training and experience assure verisimilitude in both history and technical details, to be sure --

but the strangely uninvolving fashion in which he tells his tale makes this one for dedicated aviation-war 

buffs. -- Kirkus Reviews March 15, 1992

Toland, John. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-

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[I]t was not until the publication ...that American readers really became aware of the Japanese 

perspective on the war. While some authors, including this one, have questioned some of Toland's 

interpretations, he is unmatched in the breadth of his research into, and ability to portray, the human side 

of the war, and for this reason, I believe, The Rising Sun will long remain a classic. -- Ronald H. Spector, 

The Washington Post Book World 1 August 11, 1985.

Tohmatsu, Haruo and H.P. Willmott. A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to 

the Far East and the Pacific, 1921-1942. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield; Oxford: 

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Contents: Japan the Taliban, 1921-1941 -- Manchuria, inner Mongolia, and northern China and the end of 

internationalism, 1931-1937 -- The war in northern and central China -- The war in China after 1938 and 

the decision for war in the Pacific, 1939-1941 -- The Pacific war unleashed, the initial Japanese attacks --

The Japanese victory -- The Japanese dilemma.
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The authors point out, quite rightly, that "very little Western attention is ever paid to events after 

July 1937," and consistent efforts are made to highlight the successful but flawed nature of Japan's 

offensives in China from that year .... turn to address several flawed but longstanding American 

perspectives on the war, and they deal sternly with the issue of General Douglas MacArthur's withdrawal 

to Bataan and eventual loss of the Philippines in early 1942. The authors stress that their critical account 

of his role "must be considered because of the often uncritical acclaim afforded all matters that passed 

under his name" (p. 115) .... also critical of Japanese commanders. First among them is Fuchida Mitsuo, 

the air group commander of the Pearl Harbor attack force, who, they point out, lied about his efforts to 

encourage a follow-up strike against US base facilities on Oahu. Secondly, the authors are disparaging 

of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, who, they claim, was not the "reluctant, unwilling accomplice," as 

suggested elsewhere, but was in fact rehabilitated with such stories in order to improve Japan's image on 

the postwar world stage (p. 97). As a concise volume designed to summarize many of the historical and 

historiographical issues surrounding this turbulent era, the investigative lens of Tohmatsu and Willmott's 

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Toshio, Hashimoto and Tanabe Yahachi. Shogen Middowe Kaisen: Watakushi Wa 

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You Wish For -- The Plan Orange Disaster -- Wade G. Dudley -- 3. Pearl Harbor -- Irredeemable Defeat --

Frank R. Shirer -- 4. Coral and Purple -- The Lost Advantage -- James R. Arnold -- 5. Nagumo's Luck --

The Battles of Midway and California -- Forrest R. Lindsey -- 6. Samurai Down Under -- The Japanese 

Invasion of Australia -- John H. Gill -- 7. The Japanese Raj -- The Conquest of India -- David C. Isby -- 8. 

Guadalcanal -- The Broken Shoestring -- John D. Burtt -- 9. There Are Such Things As Miracles -- Halsey 

and Kurita at Leyte Gulf – Christopher J. Anderson -- 10. Victory Rides the Divine Wind -- The Kamikaze 

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In his fourth alternate history, Tsouras (Disaster at D-Day, etc.), a senior analyst of the U.S. Army 

National Ground Intelligence Center, brings together a number of experts in the Pacific war to show how, 

with only some minor adjustments to actual events, the Japanese could have either won the war in the 

Pacific or else so stymied the Allies that Japan would have been able to keep some of its early 

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2001.

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Tuleja, Thaddeus V. Climax at Midway. Special action photo ed. New York: Berkley 

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[T]he diary of Japanese Admiral Matome Ugaki, who was chief of staff to Admiral Yamamoto 

during most of the war and commanded the Japanese Fifth Air Force at the end. He kept throughout a 

factual, detailed, and remarkably objective daily record of his impressions, what he did, and what was 

happening around him. The book is well-translated by Masataka Chihaya and handsomely printed. It is an 

important addition to the record of the Pacific war and makes fascinating reading. -- Joseph C. Harsch, 

“Pearl Harbor Perspectives, 50 Years Later,” The Christian Science Monitor BOOKS 17, November 29, 

1991.

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United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. U.S. Navy at War, 1941-1945. 

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United States. Office of Naval Operations. Aerology Section. Aerology and Naval 

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United States Strategic Bombing Survey. The Campaigns of the Pacific War. 

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United States Strategic Bombing Survey. The Campaigns of the Pacific War. New 

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The author served in U.S. naval communications intelligence (in OP-20-G) as a Japanese 

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Van der Vat, Dan. The Pacific Campaign: World War II, the U.S.-Japanese Naval 

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When Yamamoto realized that Pearl Harbor had failed to neutralize the United States Navy in the 

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Battle of Midway, fought on June 4-6, 1942. According to Mr. van der Vat, "Japan and its Navy had now 

been handed their first smashing defeat at the moment when Yamamoto made them overreach 

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Abstract: Despite overwhelming odds, it is often the operational commander's qualitative leadership that 

decides the outcome of a major operation or campaign. Through showing such traits as vision and 

courage during the planning phase, the operational commander establishes the unity of effort necessary 

to achieve theater objectives. Despite technologies available to military leaders today, qualitative 

leadership is as relevant today as during the Second World War. To illustrate this point, a historical study 

looks at Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's operational leadership during the planning phase for the Battle of 

Midway. Examples include how Nimitz selected and sold his objectives; chose and supported his 

subordinates; took risks in assigning forces; planned and executed command, control, and 

communications; and developed a team committed to his vision through the planning process. The 

conclusion is that Nimitz qualitative leadership was central to the Battle of Midway being the decisive 

Pacific War battle that enabled the United States to shift to the offensive. This study is relevant for current 

and future operations and campaigns since today's military tends to focus on technological advances to 

the detriment of valuing qualitative leadership in operational commanders.

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Weadon, Patrick D. The Battle of Midway: How Cryptology Enabled the United 

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Breaking the code – “AF is short for water” and meant Midway.

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Mr. Weinberg's global view of the war pays dividends again and again. Stalingrad, rightly, 

becomes the pivotal event of 1942-43, but the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal, on the one hand, and 

Alamein and the invasion of French North Africa, on the other, are given due weight. Together they 

helped prevent Germany and Japan from joining forces in the Middle East, which would have presented 

the Axis powers' only real chance of victory. -- David Reynolds, The New York Times Book Review 

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Weisheit, Bowen P. The Last Flight of Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Junior, USNR, 

With a New, Corrected Charting of the Flight of VF-8 from USS Hornet During the 

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Weisheit, Bowen P. The Last Flight of Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Junior, USNR, 

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Today, if a military historian asked many Americans to name a United States Navy admiral from 

World War II, he might be told, "Halsey." If lucky, he might receive the reply, "Nimitz," perhaps "King." If 

he asked who Thomas Cassin Kinkaid was, he would most likely get a blank look. That is unfortunate, 

because Kinkaid was a major participant in many of the battles of the Pacific War. Gerald Wheeler has 

written an excellent biography of a man who has long deserved more recognition. -- William T. Y'Blood, 

The Journal of Military History 60(4):788 October 1996
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Wheeler, Gerald E. Kinkaid of the Seventh Fleet: A Biography of Admiral Thomas 

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It is almost fifty years since World War II launched hundreds of thousands of foreign troops and 

unprecedented amounts of military hardware into the colonial backwaters of the Pacific. .... What though 

of the indigenous people, across whose reefs and lands the battles were fought? For many of them the 

war marked an ending of the colonial era and the beginning of rapid movements toward nationhood. .... 

Almost everywhere the war was a watershed. ... The essays in this excellent, tightly edited volume are 

held together by their concentration on this brief historical epoch. .... The Pacific war zone was a region 

of enormous linguistic and cultural diversity. ... The Pacific Theatre makes no pretense of being a 

comprehensive account of either the Pacific war or its effects on the people of the region. What it offers 

instead is a range of vivid, well-written and scholarly portrayals of what the war meant to a selection of 

those who were suddenly and unwittingly caught up in it. -- Anthony Hooper, Pacific Affairs 64(1):144 

Spring 1991.

Wildenberg, Thomas. Destined for Glory: Dive Bombing, Midway, and the 

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This analysis of the development of carrier warfare, especially the practice of dive bombing, 

focuses on the Battle of Midway in World War II. Three squadrons of dive bombers decimated threefourths of the Japanese carrier strike force. Destined for Glory traces the training and tactics developed in 

the 20-year period before the decisive battle. -- Bill Roach, “The Military Bookshelf,” The Virginian-Pilot

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Willmott, H. P. Sea Warfare: Weapons, Tactics and Strategy. Strettington, 

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Contents: I. THE GUN IN THE STREET -- 1 Appreciating the Situation -- 2 The American Situation and 

Plan of Campaign -- 3 The Battle of the Coral Sea, 5-8 May 1942 -- 4 The Battle of Midway, 4-6 June 
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1942 -- 5 Strategic Choices and New Realities -- II. THE CAMPAIGNS IN EASTERN NEW GUINEA AND 

THE LOWER SOLOMONS -- 6 Seizing the Initiative, 21 July-18 September 1942 -- 7 Battle, 18 

September-13 November 1942 -- 8 Decision, 26 October-31 December 1942 -- III. THE NEW REALITIES 

-- 9 The Imbalance of Exhaustion, 1 January-15 November 1943.

This is the first in a planned series of books called Total War: New Perspectives on World War 

II, whose purpose is to provide brief, accessible, affordable, and tightly focused studies on the vital 

aspects of World War II. Readers might find the book lacking in depth and, perhaps, a bit stilted. Given 

the book's purpose, however, Willmott adequately presents and supports his thesis. If the other books in 

the series are of similar quality, they will greatly add to the study of the war. -- David G Rathgeber, 

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Winnefeld, James A. and Dana J. Johnson. Command and Control of Joint Air 

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Electronic Access : 

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[A] well written, interesting, and insightful study of how the various American military services 

have managed, and occasionally failed to manage, to use their air assets effectively when conducting 

joint--that is multiservice—operations. The authors, who originally wrote the study for their employer, the 

Rand Corporation, seek to determine "how unity of effort has been achieved in joint air operations." To 

illustrate the problems and potential solutions, the authors develop six (four in the original) case studies--

the battle of Midway (June 1942), the Solomons Campaign (1942-1944), the Korean War (1951-1953), 

Vietnam (1965-1968), Ed Dorado Canyon (Libya, 1986), and the Desert Storm air campaign (JanuaryMarch 1991). -- Michael A. Palmer, Armed Forces and Society 21(3):482 Spring 1995.

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Winston, Robert Alexander. Dive Bomber: Learning to Fly the Navy's Fighting 

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Winton, John. Ultra in the Pacific: How Breaking Japanese Codes & Ciphers 

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Mr. Winton confines his narrative to the activities of the United States, treating the British side of 

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the US and Australian ground forces being sidelined in much the same way as the British. This is not 

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Wooldridge, E. T., ed. Carrier Warfare in the Pacific: An Oral History Collection. 

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The book concentrates on the period when aircraft carrier warfare came into its own, from 1942 

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This book is a complete history of the U.S. Navy’ employment of escort type aircraft carriers 

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vessels were originally intended for use in the Atlantic for protection of merchant ship convoys ... 

Because of heavy losses in regular fleet carriers sustained during the first year of the war with Japan, the 

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1942, the CVEs took part in all major amphibious operations against the Japanese. .... If there is a flaw in 

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Translation based on Day of Infamy by Walter Lord; Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, 

selections from History of United States Naval Operations in World War II by Samuel Eliot Morison; and, 

Saipan, selections from On to Westward by Robert Sherrod.

Yoshida, Toshio. Eiko To Higeki Rengo Kantai: Togo Heihachiro To Yamamoto 

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Young, Peter, ed. Great Battles of the World on Land, Sea and Air. London: Bison 

Books Ltd., 1978. 320p.

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Zacharias, Ellis M. Secret Missions : The Story of an Intelligence Officer. Putnam, 

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NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL/BUCKLEY/INTELL D820 .S7 Z2

Zich, Arthur. The Rising Sun. Collectors ed. Alexandria, VA; [Great Britain]: Time-Life 

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BOOKS - The Children’s Corner

Abnett, Dan. The Battle of Midway: The Destruction of the Japanese fleet. 1st ed. 

New York: Rosen Pub., 2007. 48p.

Contents: Who's Who. -- The Feared U.S. Carriers. -- . -- The Japanese Plan of Attack

The Battle of Midway: Destruction of the Japanese Fleet. -- The Road to Ruin.

From the children's series Graphic battles of World War II.

Chrisp, Peter. The War in the Pacific. Austin, TX: Raintree, c2004. 64p.

Contents: Pearl Harbor -- Why war came -- Japanese conquests -- Striking back -- The battle of Midway -

- Home fronts -- U.S. offensives -- The island campaign -- Attacking Japan -- Atomic bombs -- Victory and 

defeat.

From the children's series The World Wars.

Hansen, Ole Steen. Great Battles of World War II. Austin, TX: Raintree SteckVaughn, 2001. 64p.

From the children’s series The World Wars.

Klam, Julie. The rise of Japan and Pearl Harbor. 1st ed. North Mankato, MN: Smart 

Apple Media, c2003. 48p.

Contents: The rise of military government in Japan -- Japanese atrocities in China -- The U.S. vs. Japan: 

the diplomatic war part 1 -- President Roosevelt's fireside chats -- The U.S. vs. Japan: the diplomatic war 

part 2 -- Pearl Harbor -- The Japanese tide of conquest – The sinking of Repulse and Prince of Wales --

The surrender of Singapore -- The battle of the Java Sea -- America's top commanders -- Battle of the 

Coral Sea -- China-Burma-India theater -- The battle of Midway.

From the children's series World War II chronicles.

McGowen, Tom. The Battle of Midway. New York: Children's Press, 2001. 30p.

From the children’s series Cornerstones of Freedom

McGowen, Tom. . Midway and Guadalcanal. New York: F. Watts, 1984. 104p.

From the children’s series Turning points of World War II

Rice, Earle. The Battle of Midway. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, c1996. 110p.

From the children’s series Battles of World War II

Sauvain, Philip Arthur. Midway. New York: New Discovery Books; Toronto: Maxwell 

Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993. 32p.

From the children’s series Great battles and sieges.

Sauvain, Philip Arthur. Midway. Winchester: Zoe Books, 1993. 32p.

From the children’s series Great battles and sieges.

Stein, R. Conrad. World War II in the Pacific. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow 

Publishers, c2002. 48p.

Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to the war.

Notes: "Internet links kept up to date on www.myreportlinks.com"--Cover.

[You need the password from Page 4 of the MyReportLinks.com Book you are using].

From the children’s series U.S. wars
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Taylor, Theodore. The Battle off Midway Island. New York: Avon Books, 1989, 

c1981. 141 p

Abstract: An account of the June 1942 air battle between American and Japanese forces, which proved a 

decisive defeat for the Japanese and the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

NPS/DKL Location: GENERAL D774.M5 T38 1989

Torres, John Albert. The Battle of Midway. Hockessin, DE: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 

2012. 48p.

Contents: Attack! -- Code breakers -- Naval maneuvers -- Risk and retribution -- Resounding victory --

Chronology of the Battle of Midway -- History of U.S.-Japan relations.

White, Steve. The Battle of Midway: The Destruction of the Japanese Fleet. 1st ed. 

New York: Rosen Pub., 2007. 48p.

From the children’s series Graphic battles of World War II.

Worth, Richard. Midway. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, c2002. 104p.

Contents: Breaking the code -- The Rising Sun -- The United States in the Pacific -- Japan's early 

successes -- Preparing for Midway -- The battle begins -- Destroying Japanese aircraft carriers -- Turning 

point in the Pacific.

From the children’s series Battles that changed the world.
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PERIODICAL ARTICLES

Ainsworth, Walden L. “Rising Sun at Midway,” Sea Classics 3:36-49 March 29, 1970.

Allen, Thomas B. “'Flags' at Midway,” Naval History 16(3):26-31 June 2002.

A signalman - "Flags" Karetka - at battle stations on board a destroyer in what has been called the 

greatest sea battle of World War II kept notes as Japanese dive bombers attacked the aircraft carrier 

Yorktown here, minutes after the first bomb detonated. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 

battle, he recalls what he witnessed that day.

Allen, Thomas B. “Midway: The Story that Never Ends,” U.S. Naval Institute 

Proceedings 133(6):62-67 June 2007.

http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2007-06/midway-story-never-ends

Allen, Thomas B. and Robert D. Ballard. “Return to the Battle of Midway,” National 

Geographic, 195(4):80-103 April 1999.

Allison, Fred H. “Out in Front at Midway,” Naval History 18(3): 51-53 June 2004.

Interviews fighter pilot John F. Carey of the US Marine Corps.

Allmon, William B. “Midway Islands' Undaunted Defenders,” World War II 11:38-40 + 

1996.

In the interest of secrecy, Midway airmen alone had to protect the island.

“America Deciphered Our Code,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 105(6):98-100 

June 1979.

Architzel, David. “FLIGHTLINE: Remembering a Time of Courage.” Naval Aviation 

News 93(2):4-5 Spring 2011.

Armstrong, Peter F.C. “Midway Plus Fifty,” Sea Power 35(6):34-38 June 1992.

Ballard, Robert D. “Finding the Yorktown,” National Geographic 195(4):94-99 April 

1999.

Barde, Robert E. “Midway: Tarnished Victory,” Military Affairs 47(4):188-192 

December 1983.

Bartlett, George L. "Rebuilding a paradise,” Leatherneck 82(2):36-42 February 1999.

WWII destroyed Midway Island's natural beauty. Now the government is trying to bring it back.

“Battle for Midway,” Marine Corps Gazette 66(6):14-15 June 1982.

“The Battle of Midway,” Flying 32:199-202 February 1943.

“Battle of Midway,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 74(5):586 May 1948.
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“Battle of Midway,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 78(6):699 June 1952.

"Battle of Midway Island is Recorded in Color by Navy Cameramen," Life 13:62-63 

November 2, 1942.

"Battle of Midway Veterans Share Memories," The American Legion 134(3):45 March 

1993.

George Gay had a great view of the Battle of Midway after Japanese forces shot down his fighter plane. 

Gay was rescued by Richard Klinge, and the two were reunited at a 50th anniversary party held for 

Midway veterans.

Beach, Edward L. “The Biggest Theater,” American Heritage 42(8):80 December 

1991.

“Beginning of the End,” All Hands 903:28-31 June 1992.

Black, Jeremy. “Midway and the Indian Ocean,” Naval War College Review 62(4):131-

140 Autumn 2009.

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Boorda, J.M. “The Battle at Midway: The Enemies of Peace Never Rest,” Vital 

Speeches of the Day 61(23):706-707 September 15, 1995.

Speech delivered at the Midway Memorial Dedication by the Chief of Naval Operations on August 31, 

1995, recalling the great losses suffered and that the enemies of peace are kept at bay by those who 

have devoted themselves to preserving the American way of life.

Boyd, Carl. “American Naval Intelligence of Japanese Submarine Operations Early in 

the Pacific War,” The Journal of Military History 53(2):169-189 April 1989.

Bryan, J. "Never a Battle Like Midway," Saturday Evening Post 221:24-5+ March 26, 

1949.

Burke, Arleigh. “Admiral Marc Mitscher: A Naval Aviator,” U.S. Naval Institute 

Proceedings 101(4):53-63 April 1975.

Butcher, M.E. “Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Pioneer Warrior or Gross Sinner?” Naval 

War College Review 40:69-79 Winter 1987.

Byrd, M.H. “Six Minutes to Victory: The Battle of Midway,” American History 

Illustrated 10:32-43 May 1975.

Cagle, Maury W. “Bombing Five at Midway: The Battle and Its Aftermath,” Naval 

Aviation Museum Foundation 9(1):55-60 Spring 1988.

Cagle, Maury W. "Chapter of History [World Battlefronts: Battle of the Pacific]," Time 

40:25-6 July 27, 1942.
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Cagle, Maury W. “One Man’s Path to Midway,” Naval Aviation Museum Foundation

8(2):27-37 Fall 1987.

The story of USN flyer LCDR Dick Best.

Caporale, Louis. “The Pacific War--1941-45,” Marine Corps Gazette 69(11):46-50+ 

November 1985.

"Carrier Pilot: Midway, from the Deck of a Carrier," Air Classics, 3:4-8+ July 1966.

"A Chapter of History," Time 40:25-26, July 27, 1942.

Childs, Marsha. “Midway Survivor Recounts Historic Battle.” Navy Medicine 100(4):26-

27 July/August 2009.

Clark, Vern. “Midway Service and Sacrifice,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

128(6):62-63 June 2002.

The Chief of Naval Operations pays tribute to the veterans of the greatest sea battle of World War II and 

draws parallels between the sacrifices of those men and the performance of today's sailors and Marines.

"The Classic Dauntless and the Battle of Midway," Airpower 3(1):24-38 January 1973.

Cochran, Alexander S., Jr. “’MAGIC,’ ‘ULTRA,’ and the Second World War: Literature, 

Sources, and Outlook,” Military Affairs 46(2):88-92 April 1982.

Cohen, Eliot A. “A Revolution in Warfare," Foreign Affairs 75(2):37 March/April 1996.

Less costly but no less time-consuming was the difficulty the U.S. Navy had developing the multi-carrier 

task forces that would ultimately enable it to sweep the Pacific clear of Japanese forces in World War II. 

The lesson of the 1942 Battle of Midway had appeared to be that the massing of carriers offered great 

advantages but posed no lesser vulnerabilities, should the defending side be caught while rearming its 

strike aircraft.

Coleman, John F. “The Battle of Midway: Turning Point in the Pacific,” All Hands

998:20-33 June 2000.

[reprinted from All Hands, Number 785, June 1982]

Electronic access: http://www.mediacen.navy.mil/pubs/allhands/jun00/pg20a.htm

“Color Movie Recorded Midway,” Life 29:97-9 October 23, 1950.

Cook, William J. “Beneath the Waves, Traces of World War II.” U.S. News & World 

Report 124(23):26 Jun 15, 1998.

On May 19, a National Geographic Society expedition led by Ballard and supported by the U.S. Navy 

found the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, 16,650 feet beneath the surface of the north-central Pacific.

Cooper, Jeff. “Midway: The Pivotal Battle in the Pacific War,” Soldier of Fortune

29(6):32-34 June 2004
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Cressman, Robert J. “Blaze of Glory: Charlie Ware and the Battle of Midway,” The 

Hook 24(1):24-29 Spring 1966.

Cressman, Robert J. ”To the Best We Can with What We Have,” Naval Aviation News

74(4):28-33 May/June 1992.

Cressman, Robert J. “Flight to Midway,” Marine Corps Gazette 65(5):73-78 May 1981.

Cressman, Robert J. “The Oldest Submarine at Midway,” Naval History, 23(4):10-13

August 2009. 

D'Andrea, Thomas M. “Marines at Midway,” Marine Corps Gazette 48(11):27-31 

November 1964.

Dater, Henry M. “Tactical Use of Air Power in World War II: The Navy Experience,” 

Military Affairs 14(4):192-200 Winter 1950.

Davidson, Mary Ann. “Lessons of warfare for IT Security,” Federal Computer Week

19(36):34 October 17, 2005.

The Battle of Midway in June 1942 was arguably the turning point of World War II in the Pacific rim. The 

victory hinged partly on U.S. code crackers' breaking JN25 naval cipher to learn that the Japanese 

planned to attack Midway. Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet, sent two carrier task 

forces to Midway to ambush the Japanese Navy.

“Destined For Glory: Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower,” 

Sea Power 42(2):71 February 1999.

Dick, Laurie. "If There Is Only One Plane Left ..." American History Illustrated 7(3):36 

July 1992.

George Gay describes his experiences.

Earnest, Albert K. and Harry Ferrier. “Avengers at Midway,” Naval Aviation Museum 

Foundation 17(2):47-53 Spring 1996.

Eller, E. M. "The Battle of Midway," Ordnance 40:237-240 September-October 1955.

Ellis, William D. “Six Minutes that Changed History,” American West 11:14-21 May 

1974.

“Eye on history,” All Hands 1022:46-47 June 2002.

A photo feature of the Battle of Midway is presented.

“Eye on history,” All Hands 1034:46 June 2003.

Several photographs featuring the historic Battle of Midway are presented. Among those included are 

photographs of the USS Yorktown (CV 5) after she was hit by two Japanese aerial torpedoes on Jun 4, 

1942, and of the damage control parties who repaired holes in USS Yorktown's (CV5) flight deck.
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"Face of Victory [World Battlefronts: Battle of the Pacific]," Time 39:16-17 June 15, 

1942.

Falke, Brian G. “What Went Wrong at Midway,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

128(6):64 June 2002.

After launching, the time to rendezvous, form-up the group, and depart was excessive for two reasons. 

The first was a function of two restrictions from then-current aviation doctrine: remaining below 5,000 feet 

until all aircraft were airborne and climbing at a rate of 500 feet per minute to altitude. The second was 

caused by the decision on 31 May to employ the deferred departure method. Even though the decision 

was doctrinally correct, it expended precious time and fuel. [Lieutenant Commander Falke wrote an 

expanded version of this analysis for the Air Command and Staff College. He served recently as 

executive officer of the USS DeWert (FFG-45) and is currently attending the Joint Forces Staff College].

Ferrier, H. H. “Torpedo Squadron Eight: The Other Chapter,” U.S. Naval Institute 

Proceedings 90 (10):72-76 October 1964.

Field, John. "The Life and Death of the U.S.S. Yorktown," Life 13:126-130 November 

16, 1942.

Fields, James A., Jr. “Admiral Yamamoto, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 

75(10):1105-1113 October 1949.

“50 Years Ago this Month: Japanese Suffer a Critical Blow at Midway,” VFW, Veterans 

of Foreign Wars Magazine 79(10):14-15 June 1992.

“50th Midway Victory Celebration,” Wings of Gold 17(3):8 Fall 1992.

"The Fightingest Ship, Carrier Yorktown Sank Near Midway," Time 40:36-7 September 

28, 1942.

Fort, Brian. “Midway is Our Trafalgar,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 132(6):64-66 

June 2006.

Fredrich, Otto. “Down But Not Out,” Time 138(22):48 December 2, 1991.

Fuchida, Mitsua & Masatake Okumiya. “Five Fateful Minutes at Midway,” U.S. Naval 

Institute Proceedings 81(6):660-665 June 1955.

Electronic access: http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1955-06/five-fatefulminutes-midway

Fuchida, Mitsua & Masatake Okumiya. “Prelude to Midway,” U.S. Naval Institute 

Proceedings 81(5):505-513 May 1955.

Gaillard, Lee. “The Great Midway Crapshoot,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

130(6):64-67 June 2004.

Gay, George H. “The TBD-1 Devastator at the Battle of Midway,” Naval Aviation 

Museum Foundation 9(1):9-11 Fall 1987.
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Gay, George H. "Torpedo Squadron 8: The Heroic Story of 30 Men Who Attacked the 

Jap Fleet," Life 13:70-73 August 31, 1942.

“George Gay’s Fisheye View of Midway,” Naval Aviation News 64(6):18-21 June 1982.

Gervasi, F. & T. Moore. "I Dive-bombed a Jap Carrier," Collier’s 111:20+ April 10, 

1943.

Glines, C.V. “Midway: The Turning Point,” Retired Officer Magazine 48(6):44-46+ 

June 1992.

Goldstein, Donald M. “Putting the Midway Miracle in Perspective.” Naval History

21(3):16-23 June 2007.

Electronic Access: http://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2007-06/puttingmidway-miracle-perspective

Goren, Dina. “The Chicago Tribune’s Battle of Midway Dispatch and the Breaking of 

the Japanese Naval Code,” Journal of Contemporary History 16(4):663-690 October 

1981.

"The Great American Naval Victory Off Midway Island on June 6 to 8, Reconstructed by 

Norman Bel Geddes' Ship Models: Photographs," Illustrated London News 201:90-91 

July 25,1942.

Guttman, Robert. “Helldriver: The Last Dive Bomber,” Aviation History 9:26-32 1999.

The Curtiss SB2C was the most heavily produced dive bomber in history, but it did not represent much of 

an improvement over the Douglas SBD Dauntless it was designed to replace.

Hall, George M. “Midway to Tonkin: A Generation of Carriers,” Sea Power 15:14-19 

June 1972.

Our greatest sea battle holds lessons for today.

Houser, William D. “Battle of Midway to be Remembered,” The Hook 26(1):25 Spring 

1998.

"How the [Japanese] Carriers Were Sunk: The Enemy Overestimated," Time 42:24 

November 22, 1943.

Hoyt, Edwin P. “Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945,” 

Airpower Journal 6(1):83 Spring 1992.

Hoyt, Edwin P. “Last Kamikaze: The Story of Admiral Matome Ugaki.” Airpower 

Journal 9(3): 91-92 Fall 1995; Naval War College Review 47(4): 142-144 Fall 1994; 

Army 43(8):62 Aug 1993; Air Power History 40(4):57 Winter 1993.
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Hughes, Wayne P., Jr. “Clear Purpose, Comprehensive Execution: Raymond Ames 

Spruance (1886-1969).” Naval War College Review 62(4):117-130 October 2009. 

This examines the leadership of Spruance including at Midway.

Hunt, J. “Victory at Midway,” Oceans 9:44-47 January 1976.

Hurd, Charles. “Navy Ship Carrier is Vital War Arm Post-War,” Military Establishment

16 1948.

Admiral King joins in citing battle of Midway as proof of value of mobile air bases.

"Into the Valley of Death [Torpedo Squadron 8]," Time 40:16-17 August 17, 1942.

Isom, Dallas Woodbury. “The Battle of Midway: Why the Japanese Lost,” Naval War 

College Review 53(3):60-100 Summer 2000.

Electronic access: http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2000/summer/art3-Su0.htm

James, S.L. & G.H. Gay. "Torpedo Squadron 8; Heroic Story of 30 Men Who Attacked 

Jap Fleet," Life 13:cover, 70-2+ August 31, 1942.

"The Jap Shellacking Thrills U.S. After 6 Months of Glum News," Newsweek 19:17-19 

June 15, 1942.

“Japan's Fatal Five Minutes,” U.S. News & World Report 112(23):54-56 June 15, 1992.

“Japan’s Second Battle of Midway,” Japan Quarterly 42(2):139 April/June 1977.

"Japanese Aircraft Carriers at Midway," Sea Classics 3:15+ March 1970.

"The Japanese Debacle Off Midway Island: Photographs," Illustrated London News

201:49 July 11, 1942.

“The Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway,” ONI Review 2-72 May 1947.

“June 4, 1942,” Time 69:26-9 June 10, 1957.

Karcher, Mary D. “Ceremony Commemorates War in the Pacific,” Leatherneck

85(5):65 May 2002.

The International Midway Memorial Foundation, in association with the US Navy, will host the 

commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Midway and the first six months of World War II in 

the Pacific. The commemoration is from May 31 to Jun 4 in Hawaii.

Keene, R.R. “The Battle of Midway,” Leatherneck 75(6):10-17 June 1992.

Konzett, Delia. “John Ford’s Vernacular Orientalism and Wartime Hawai’i.” Quarterly 

Review of Film and Video 26(4):293-310 2009.

Knott, Dick. “Night Torpedo Attack,” Naval Aviation News 64(6):10-13 June 1982.
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Knott, Richard. “U.S Naval Aviation at 90,”Aviation Week & Space Technology

154(15):52 April 9, 2001.

“In all, the U.S. lost one carrier, one destroyer, 132 planes and just over 300 men. The Japanese lost four 

of their carriers, one heavy cruiser, 258 aircraft and some 3,500 men including many of their finest pilots. 

It was a stunning victory for the U.S. Navy and Naval Aviation against considerable odds. Most historians 

agree the Battle of Midway was the turning point in the Pacific War.”

Larson, George A. “John Waldron and Torpedo 8 at Midway.” Sea Classics 44(7):10-

15, 76 July 2011.

"The Last Hours of the Yorktown Sunk Off Midway Island," Illustrated London News

201:352 September 26, 1942.

Laub, Robert E. “The American Torpedo Attacks at Midway,” Naval Aviation Museum 

Foundation 9(1):44-46 Fall 1987.

Lebaron, Allen. “The Only One,” Naval Aviation Museum Foundation 8:36-39 Spring 

1987.

LeCompte, Malcolm A. “Radar and the Air Battles of Midway,” Naval History 6(2):28-

32 Summer 1992.

Lehrer, Eli. “Anniversary of Battle of Midway,” Insight on News 15(16):18-20 May 3, 

1999.

Lewis, Graydon A. “Setting the Record Straight on Midway,” Cryptologia 22(2):99-101 

1998.

"Life on Midway," Life 13:118-122 November 23, 1942.

Linder, Bruce R. “Lost Letter of Midway,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 125(8):29-

35 August 1999.

A lost manuscript, found literally in a closet sea chest, adds the final missing puzzle piece to the most 

climatic moments of the World War II Battle of Midway. Controversy surrounding CDR Stanhope C. Ring's 

performance on USS Hornet.

Locke, Walter M., RADM. "Tomahawk Tactics: The Midway Connection," U.S. Naval 

Institute Proceedings 118(6):80-84 June 1992.

Lubove, Seth. “Where History was Made,” Forbes 158(8):174 October 7, 1996.

Where mighty navies clashed at a turning point in WWII, bird-watchers and divers now cavort. Midway's 

no paradise, but it does have its appeal.

Lundstrom, John B. “Frank Jack Fletcher Got a Bum Rap,” Naval History 6(2):22-27 

Summer 1992.

After operations in the Pacific went awry, Fletcher became the scapegoat of a black-shoe/brown-shoe 

controversy.
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MacPherson, B. Nelson. “The Compromise of US Navy Cryptoanalysis after the Battle 

of Midway.” Intelligence and National Security 2(2):320-323 1987.

Marsano, Bill. “The Battle of Midway, Round Two,” Air & Space Smithsonian

13(1):62-75 April/May 1998.

Entrepreneurs and naturalists compete on this once strategic island.

Martin, John R. “War Plan Orange and the Maritime Strategy,” Military Review 69:24-

35 May 1989.

Mason, Robert. “Eyewitness,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 108(6):40-45 June 

1982.

The late Adm. Robert E. Dixon was an eyewitness to how a war correspondent 40 years ago obtained the 

still-debated story that the U.S. Navy had broken the Japanese naval code just before the pivotal Battle of 

Midway.

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1972.

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With numerous veterans of the Battle of Midway on hand, a ceremony was held on board the battleship 

USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor on Jun 2, 2001, commemorating the designation of Midway Atoll as a 

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A sophisticated reader would reject as absurd a work of fiction the plot of which hinged on circumstances 

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and Admiral Bull Halsey's Mahanian search for decisive engagement at Leyte Gulf almost brought 

disaster to our Philippines campaign.

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This week, from June 4 to June 6, the nation should be honoring the 60th anniversary of the Battle of 

Midway. Midway was one of the crucial battles, not only in World War II's and the nation's history but in 

world history. In terms of public recognition, however, it lies in the shadow of D-Day -- with which its 

anniversary happens to overlap.

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2003.

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presented. Schlesinger, the former Secretary of Defense and Director of Central Intelligence, calls for the 

creation of a national monument to commemorate the turning point of World War II. He points to Trafalgar 

Square in London as a shining example of what the US should do to memorialize its own Trafalgar, which 

is the Battle of Midway.

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Steinway, Roger. “Pearl Harbor to Midway,” Military History 18(2);46-52 June 2001.

Streshinsky, Shirley. “Return to Midway,” American Heritage 52(2):72-82 April 2001.

The atoll where the tide of the Pacific War turned is now both a stirring historical landmark and a stunning 

wildlife refuge. The Battle of Midway played out over four days in June 1942; when it was over, 349 

Americans were dead and so were 3,000 Japanese. Today, the Midway Islands seem almost haunted.

Surgi, Bill. “Going ‘Home’ – 56 Years Later,” Naval Aviation News 80(6):25-26 

September/October 1998.

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The author was in command of the Japanese submarine I-168 which sank the carrier.

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2005.

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vessels never exchanged a shot.

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In retrospect, the destruction of four Japanese fleet carriers at the Battle of Midway was, despite the loss 

of the Yorktown and one destroyer, a major US victory -- probably the most important of the entire Pacific 

war. All Americans, and the dwindling ranks of Midway veterans, can take justifiable pride in the Navy's 

feat of arms 60 years ago.

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AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS

American Defense. Part 2 / Time, Inc.; executive producer, Louis de Rochemont; 

narrator, Westbrook Van Voorhis. Los Angeles: New Line Home Video, 1995. 1 

videocassette (VHS) (126 min.).

Selections from the March of Time newsreels produced during World War II which focus on the 

armed forces of the United States. Includes films on the naval victories of Midway and Guadalcanal.

The Battle for Midway / produced & directed by Brian Berger and Peter Schnall; writer, 

Donovan Reiff; a Partisan Pictures/Odyssey Corporation production for National 

Geographic Television. Deluxe ed. [United States]: National Geographic Video; 

distributed by Warner Home Video, c1998. 1 videocassette (VHS) (approx. 82 min).

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000104 CIRCDESK

Dr. Robert Ballard leads a team of experts and four World War II veterans to Midway Island 

where the U.S. and Japan fought one of the fiercest battles of the war. They're in a race against time to 

find at least one of the downed aircraft carriers including the U.S.S. Yorktown.

The Battle for Midway / produced, directed and edited by John Ford; Cinematography 

by John Ford; narrated by Donald Crisp, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Irving Pichel; 

original music by Alfred Newman. 1 videocassette (VHS) (18 min.).

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.

The Battle for Midway / produced & directed by Brian Berger and Peter Schnall; writer, 

Donovan Reiff; a Partisan Pictures/Odyssey Corporation production for National 

Geographic Television. United States]: National Geographic Video: distributed by 

Warner Home Video, c1999. 1 videodisc (approx. 82 min.). Special features: Bonus 

program, Combat Cameramen, photo gallery, interactive battle map and timeline, 

diagrams and statistics of U.S. and Japanese battle forces, profile of Dr. Robert Ballard, 

trivia quiz, previews, scene access.

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 1001 MEDIA_RM

Dr. Robert Ballard leads a team of experts and four World War II veterans to Midway Island 

where the U.S. and Japan fought one of the fiercest battles of the war. They're in a race against time to 

find at least one of the downed aircraft carriers including the U.S.S. Yorktown.

The Battle of Midway / Washington: Department of the Navy; distributed by National 

Audiovisual Center, 1979. 1 Videocassette (18 min.).

Issued in 1942 as motion picture, a brief documentary on the Battle of Midway, including footage 

of naval and aerial operations.

The Battle of Midway / United States Dept. of the Navy. Milltown, NJ: Distributed by 

Antiquary Video, 199-?. 1 videocassette (VHS) (20 min.).

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000103 CIRCDESK

Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. A brief documentary on the Battle of Midway. 
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Includes footage of naval and aerial operations, from the series The War in the Air, 1940-1945: The Men, 

The Missions, The Memories.

The Battle of Midway. Directed by John Ford and made by U.S. Navy photographers. 

Irwindale, CA: Barr Entertainment, [1991?]. 1 Videocassette (VHS) (18 min.).

Videocassette release of the 1942 motion picture. Battle of Midway: a brief documentary 

including footage of naval and aerial operations. John Ford filmed the battle in color doing much of the 

camera work himself. During the action, Ford was seriously wounded. After his release from the hospital, 

Ford re-edited the film into its present form.

The Battle of Midway / Videocassette release of the 1942 motion picture; Off air 

recording wth the voices of Henry Fonda, Jane Darnwell and Donald Crisp. London: 

Channel 4, 1994. 1 videocassette (VHS) (25 min).

The Battle of Midway / La Mancha Productions, a co-production with Polygram Video 

International; producer, Dave Flitton; directors, Andy Aitken, Dave Flitton, Justin 

McCarthy; writers, Andy Aitken, Dave Flitton, Charlie McBride, James Wignall; editors, 

Neil McClauchland, Gordon Bruic; narrator, Tim Piggot Smith; music, David Galbraith. 

Alexandria, Va.: Time Life Video; PolyGram Video, 1995. 2 videocassettes (VHS) (118 

min.). [PolyGram Video V699-05, V699-06].

Videocassette release of the 1994 television documentary series Battlefields, 5-6. Computer 

graphics and archival footage illustrate many facets of four decisive battles of World War II: [pt. 1] The 

battle of Britain -- [pt. 2] The battle of Midway -- [pt. 3] The battle of Stalingrad -- [pt. 4] The battle of 

Normandy.

The Battle of Midway; Global War / New York: Goodtimes Home Video, c1986. 1 

videocassette (VHS). (46 min.).

Originally issued as motion picture, The Battle of Midway is a brief documentary on the World 

War II Battle of Midway, including footage of naval and aerial operations. Global War focuses on the 

conduct of World War II in 1943 on the European and Pacific fronts.

Battle of Midway: Global war / introduction by General Ulanof. New York: Good 

Times Home Video, 2000. 1 videodisc (50 min.): sd., col. and b&w.; 4 3/4 in.

From the series “World War II greatest battles,” The Battle of Midway is John Ford's brief 

documentary on the World War II Battle of Midway, including footage of naval and aerial operations. 

"Global war" focuses on the conduct of World War II in 1943 on the European and Pacific fronts.

Battle of Midway intelligence. Lecture by Prof. Jim Wirtz / presented by the Dudley 

Knox Library and the NPS Foundation to commemorate the Battle of Midway, May 31, 

2001. Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School / [2001]. (Midway lecture 

series, no. 6). 1 Videocassette (VHS) (approx. 59 min.).

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000150 MEDIA_RM
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The Battle Of Midway Rages. Produced by Sherm Grinberg; narrator, Tom Hudson; 

writer, Allan Lurie. [Hollywood]: Filmrite Associates, Released by Official Films, 1961. 

Motion picture (16 mm.) (3 min.).

Describes the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942, which marked the turning point in the war 

against Japan. Shows the ships and planes which engaged in the battle, the virtual destruction of the U. 

S. carrier Yorktown, and the retreat of the battered Japanese fleet after three days of bombardment.

Battle of Midway strikes / Lecture by LT CDR [Ret.] Richard Halsey Best / presented 

by the Dudley Knox Library and the NPS Foundation to commemorate the Battle of 

Midway, May 17, 2001. Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School / [2001]. 

(Midway lecture series, no. 4). 1 Videocassette (VHS) (approx. 59 min.).

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000148 MEDIA_RM

Eyewitness account of the Battle of Midway. Regarded as one of the Navy's most skilled divebomb pilots, then Lieutenant Best attacked the well-defended Japanese flagship, the Akagi. With 

precision, he delivered his bomb on the flight deck of the powerful carrier, scoring the first direct hit, one 

that would eventually lead to the sinking of the ship. Of the 15 planes in his squadron, only Lieutenant 

Best and four others returned to the Enterprise that day. After refueling and rearming, Lieutenant Best 

soared into the air again and scored a second direct hit against the Hiryu, helping to deliver a devastating 

blow to the overconfident and seemingly invincible Japanese Navy. For his actions at Midway, Lieutenant 

Commander Best received the Navy Cross in 1942, the second highest military award presented to 

members of the Naval Service.

Battle of Midway tactics / Lecture by Capt. Wayne Hughes, Jr. USN (Retired) / 

presented by the Dudley Knox Library and the NPS Foundation to commemorate the 

Battle of Midway, May 3, 2001. Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School / 

[2001]. (Midway lecture series, no. 2). 1 Videocassette (VHS) (59 min.).

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000146 MEDIA_RM

Professor Hughes commanded two ships and a major training command. He has written the 

article on naval tactics in the Encyclopedia Britannica and the history of naval tactics in the Oxford 

Companion of American Military History. Since he retired in 1983, he has taught military operations and 

tactical analysis in the Department of Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Battlefield: Great Sea Battles of WWII / Universal City, CA] : NBC Universal ; Eugene, 

OR : Distributed by Timeless Media Group, c2010. (ca. 360 min.) 3 videodiscs 

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 1601/Disc 1-3 MEDIA_RM

Narrated Tim Pigott Smith. Disc 1 The Battle of Midway -- disc 2 The Battle for Leyte Gulf --

disc 3 The Battle of the Atlantic.

Battleline Midway / [Official Films, Inc.]. 1963. 1 videocassette (VHS). Episode no. 

15.

A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight. Sound 

recording. Book by Robert J. Mrazek [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio : 

[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, [2010], p2008. Read by Dick 

Hill.
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Design For War / Produced by The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation 

with The United States Navy. Special collectors ed. [S.l.]: New Line Home Video, 

c1995. 1 Videocassette (VHS) (103 min.).

Originally released as a television program in 1952. Documentary footage recorded by Allied and 

Axis combat photographers depicting German operations in the Atlantic at the beginning of World War II, 

the attack on Pearl Harbor, the efforts of Canadian and American merchant ships to deliver supplies to 

Great Britain in the early part of the war and the Battle of Midway.

Early Pacific Campaign: December 7th, Midway, Bougainville / Whittier, CA: FinleyHoliday Film Corp., Camdentown, MO: B&N Video, [198-?]. 1 Videocassette (VHS) (60 

min.).

Return to World War II and some of the events which took place in the Pacific Theater of this 

worldwide conflict. This historical film begins with the infamous sneak attack by the Japanese on Pearl 

Harbor which threw the United States into war against Japan. It then goes to the Battle of Midway where 

the Japanese drive across the Pacific was halted. The film ends with the invasion of Bougainville, an 

island in the Pacific which we took from the Japanese in 1943.

Finding the Japanese fleet / Lecture by CMDR. Bill Cullin (USN, RET.) / presented by 

the Dudley Knox Library and the NPS Foundation to commemorate the Battle of 

Midway, April 26, 2001. Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School / [2001]. 

(Midway lecture series, no. 1). 1 Videocassette (VHS) (approx. 59 min.).

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000145 MEDIA_RM

CMDR (Ret.) Bill Cullen, PBY pilot in Squadron VP-44 at Midway was awarded a masters degree 

in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT in 1947 and was an Adjunct Professor in the NPS Systems 

Management Department.

Isoroku Yamamoto, Grand Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy / New York: Time-Life 

Multimedia, [1976]. Videocassette (BETA) (62 min.).

From the BBC-TV series The Commanders, focuses on Isoroku Yamamoto and his role as 

admiral of the Japanese Navy during World War II. Also issued as a motion picture.

Japanese and U.S. Aviators / Lecture by Frank C. Petho, CAPT, MSC, USN / 

presented by the Dudley Knox Library and the NPS Foundation to commemorate the 

Battle of Midway, May 10, 2001. Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School / 

[2001]. (Midway lecture series, no. 3). 1 Videocassette (VHS) (approx. 59 min.).

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000147 MEDIA_RM

CAPT Petho, Chairman of the National Security Affairs Department and Assistant Professor of 

Operations Research, earned his Ph.D. (1979) in Psychology from the University of Vermont. 

Commissioned as a Naval Aerospace Experimental Psychologist. Tours of duty include Naval Aerospace 

Medical Institute, Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Chief of Naval Education and Training, 

Chief of Naval Air Training, and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, and Training).
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John Ford's WWII documentary collection. Part 2, The Battle of Midway / U.S. 

Navy; directed and written by John Ford. VCI Home Video, c1998. 1 videocassette (18 

min.): sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.

Originally released in 1942: A brief documentary including footage of naval and aerial operations. 

John Ford filmed the battle doing much of the camera work himself. During the action, Ford was seriously 

wounded. After his release from the hospital, Ford re-edited the film into its present form.

[L']Amérique En Guerre 1941-1942, Pearl Harbor, La Bataille De Midway / Produced 

and directed by John Ford. Paris: Editions Montparnasse, 1991. 1 Videocassette 

(VHS) (51 min.).

[Le ]Sept Décembre, Pearl Harbour; La Bataille De Midway == The Battle Of 

Midway / produced and directed by John Ford; edited by Robert Parrish, and original 

music by Alfred Newman. Paris: Editions Montparnasse, 1991. Vidéocassette (VHS) 

(52 min.).

L'Amérique en guerre; Le sept décembre: réalisé en noir et blanc en 1942.-- la bataille de 

Midway: réalisé en technicolor en 1943.

Midway / Time-Life Films. Ambrose Video Publishing [distributor], 1980.

From the series World War II: G.I. Diary. Lloyd Bridges narrates the events of the great naval 

battle of Midway Island in the summer of 1942, as seen through the eyes of three of the sailors who 

fought in it. The U.S. achieved a military triumph and a propaganda victory by defeating a Japanese fleet 

which many thought invincible. Illustrated with extensive archival footage and the voices of veterans 

telling their own stories.

Midway / Mirisch Corporation; [released by] Universal Pictures. Produced by Walter 

Mirisch; directed by Jack Smight; cinematography by Harry Stradling Jr.; edited by 

Robert Swink and Frank J. Urioste; Original music by John Williams. Universal City, 

CA: MCA Home Video, c1992. 1 videocassette (VHS) (132 min.).

Videocassette release of the 1976 Universal Pictures Corporation motion picture. The saga of 

the 1942 naval battle that turned back the advancing Japanese navy. Includes World War II footage. 

Cast includes Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshirô Mifune, 

Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, James Shigeta, and Pat Morita.

Midway...and More / Lecture by John Arquilla / presented by the Dudley Knox Library 

and the NPS Foundation to commemorate the Battle of Midway, June 7, 2001. 

Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School / [2001]. (Midway lecture series, no. 

7). 1 Videocassette (VHS) (approx. 59 min.).

Abstract: "This lecture explores the consequences of Midway on three levels: for its effect on the course 

of operations in the Pacific theater; for its overall impact on the rest of the Second World War; and for its 

role in curtailing Japan's drive for world power and instead ushering in an American-led "Pacific Century."

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000151 MEDIA_RM

John Arquilla earned his degrees in international relations from Rosary College (BA, 1975) and 

Stanford University (MA, 1989; Ph.D., 1991). He is an associate professor of defense analysis at the 

Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. His teaching includes courses in the history of 

special operations, international political theory, the revolution in military affairs, and information age-
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conflict. He has written "Lessons from the War with Saddam Hussein" (RAND, 1991), Dubious Battles 

(Crane Russak, 1992), and "from Troy to Entebbe" (University Press of America, 1996), and is best 

known for his collaborative RAND studies with David Ronfeldt, notably "Cyberwar is Coming!" (1993) and 

"The Advent of Netwar" (1996).

Pearl Harbor to Midway / hosted by Eric Sevareid and Edwin Newman. [S.l.]: Atlas 

Video, c1989. Videocassette (VHS) (45 min.).

From the series V For Victory--How America Fought And Lived, Pearl Harbor to Midway follows 

America as it plunges into global war using carefully selected newsreels.

Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color / Co-production of TWI, Carlton and 

KCTS/Seattle, [Arlington, VA]: PBS DVD Video, p2003. 1 DVD (220 min.): sd., col.; 4 

3/4 in

Special features: excerpts from four original World War II documentaries including a Pearl Harbor 

re-enactment and "The Battle of Midway" by John Ford; "Meet the Enemy" and "The last bomb."

The Planes of Midway / lecture by E. Roberts Wood / presented by the Dudley Knox 

Library and the NPS Foundation to commemorate the Battle of Midway, May 24, 2001. 

Monterey California: Naval Postgraduate School / [2001]. (Midway lecture series, no. 

5). 1 Videocassette (VHS) (approx. 59 min.).

Abstract: Professor Bob Wood compares the numbers and types of aircraft used by the U.S. and 

Japanese forces at Midway and the influence these characteristics had on the engagement. He 

discusses armament, range payload, airspeed, manueverability, armor, and technology factors for each 

of the major aircraft types employed by both sides and their ultimate effectiveness. Differing aerial tactics 

such as the well-known "Thach Weave" are also addressed.

NPS/DKL LOCATION: 5000149 MEDIA_RM

Professor Wood's career has been split between industry and academia. He holds Bachelor's and 

Master's degrees in engineering from Cornell, as well as a Doctorate in Engineering Mechanics from 

Yale. He served as Adjunct Professor for ten years at the University of California, Los Angeles while 

working in industry in the Los Angeles area. In industry he held key engineering positions at Sikorsky, 

Lockheed, Hughes Helicopters, and was Director of Aeromechanics fo McDonnell Douglas Helicopters for

the AH-64 Apache Program. He has held tenured faculty positions at Georgia Tech, Cal Poly San Luis 

Obispo, and most recently with the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the Naval Postgraduate 

School.

Remembering the Battle of Midway. Pentagon Web Radio. Four-part audio webcast 

series. 

Electronic access for webcast and podcast 

http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2009/06/remembering-the-battle-of-midway/

The entire four-part series, “Remembering the Battle of Midway,” spans from the Doolittle 

Raid, to the significance of the Battle of Coral Sea, and ends with the Battle of Midway

Savannah. The Battle of Midway / directed by James Darren. Spelling Entertainment 

Group, Inc., 1996. 1 videocassette (VHS). Episode Number 22.
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Turning Points of the Second World War / ITN; produced by Edward Lindfield; 

reported by Michael Nicholson. Great Britain: [s.n.], c1990; United States: WETA-TV, 

1990-11-09. 1 videocassette (VHS) (approx. 60 min.).

Film footage from World War II illustrates the three key battles which turned the tide of the war in 

favor of the Allies: the battles at Midway, Stalingrad and El Alamein.

Uncle Sam: The Movie Collection, Volume 2 / [presented by] the Chudwig Group in 

association with Mossyrock Productions. Ashland, OR: Chudwig Group, Inc., 2000. 1 

videocassette (130 min.). [Chudwig Group, Inc. CG1002]

Includes Battle of Midway / director, John Ford; narrator, Henry Fonda (1942, col., 18 min.), a 

documentary on the Battle of Midway including footage of naval and aerial operations.

Victory at Sea: Design for War; Pacific Boils Over; Sealing the Breach; Midway Is 

East, Volume 1 / Los Angeles: Embassy Home Entertainment, 1986. Videocassette

(VHS).

Originally released by NBC in 1952 as a 26-part documentary TV series. A documentary film 

about World War II featuring the high points of the war on land and sea from September 1939 to 

September 1945 as recorded in footage taken by Allied and Axis combat photographers.

The Video Encyclopedia of The 20th Century, Volume 7 / New York: CEL 

Communications, 1986. 1 Videodisc (CAV) (120 min.).

A collection of motion pictures and videotape recordings documenting the social, political, and 

cultural history of the 20th century. This volume includes the Pacific battles of Midway, Guadalcanal, and 

Tarawa.
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WEB SITES

General sites

The Battle of Midway, produced by Chris Hawkinson

http://www.centuryinter.net/midway/

Battle of Midway: 4-7 June 1942 [from Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-1.htm

International Midway Memorial Foundation

http://www.immf-midway.com/

The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide in the Pacific (Midway Atoll)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/90midway/90midway.htm

Midway Islands' Undaunted Defenders by William B. Allmon

http://www.historynet.com/midway-islands-undaunted-defenders-may-96-world-war-iifeature.htm

Pacific Naval Battles in World War II [from the Imperial Japanese Fleet page]

http://www.combinedfleet.com/map.htm

The Battle of Midway Island, June 3-7, 1942. Pacific War [from 

HistoryAnimated.com]

Animation sources: Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway, Jonathon B. Parshall and 

Anthony Tully, Potomac Books (December 15, 2005) -- Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the 

Japanese Navy's Story, Mitsuo Fuchida, Bluejacket Books (March, 2001) -- Miracle at Midway, Gordon 

W. Prange, Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition (November 17, 1983) -- The Two-Ocean War: A 

Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War, Samuel Eliot Morison, Galahad Books 

(November, 1997).

http://www.historyanimated.com/MidwayPage.html

Return to Midway [Robert Ballard’s National Geographic expedition to find the USS 

Yorktown]

http://www.ngeo.com/midway/

Stopping the Tide: The Battle of Midway, 4 - 6 June 1942

Prelude, Battle, Epilogue – [from The Pacific War: The U.S. Navy, A Website Created 

by Tim Lanzendörfer]

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/midway.htm
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Individuals

American

LCDR Richard Halsey Best – In His Own Words

http://www.immf-midway.org/narrative.html

Capt. Marion E. Carl [USMC] -- Ace

http://www.westnet.com/~ssherman/usmc_carl.html#top

Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-f/fj-fltr.htm

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/biographies/frank_fletcher.htm

LT George H. Gay, Jr.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-g/g-gay.htm

Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/w-halsy.htm

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/biographies/william_halsey.htm

Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-k/ej-kng.htm

Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/biographies/thomas_kinkaid.htm

Captain N.J. "Dusty" Kleiss: A Dive Bomber Pilot's Personal Recollections of the 

Battle of Midway

http://www.burtonia.com/ww2/kleiss/

LCDR C. Wade McClusky [US Navy]

http://www.cv6.org/company/accounts/wmcclusky/

LT E. Scott McCuskey [US Navy] - Midway Ace

http://www.westnet.com/~ssherman/usn_mccuskey.html

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-n/c-nimitz.htm

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/biographies/chester_nimitz.htm

Captain Joseph John Rochefort, Officer in Charge (OIC) of Station Hypo in Pearl 

Harbor – NSA Hall of Fame 2000 Inductee

http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/hall_of_honor/2000/rochefort.shtml
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Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-s/r-sprnc.htm

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/biographies/raymond_spruance.htm

http://www.thehistorynet.com/wwii/bl-raymond-spruance/index.html

Admiral Raymond A. Sprucnace: Modest Victor of Midway

http://www.historynet.com/admiral-raymond-a-spruance-modest-victor-of-midway.htm

Oral Histories of the Battle [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-8.htm

LT Joseph P. Pollard, MC, USN Medical Officer aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5)

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-8a.htm

CDR John Ford USNR [Oscar-winning Hollywood producer and Chief of the Field

Photographic Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)]

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-8a.htm

LT George H. Gay, Jr. USNR [Sole Survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8]

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-8c.htm

Torpedo Squadron Eight

http://centurytel.net/midway/Carrier_Squadrons/Torpedo_Eight/in_color.html

Sumner H. Whitten: Interview with World War II SBU2U-3 Pilot

http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-world-war-ii-sb2u-3-pilot-sumner-h-whitten.htm

Japanese

Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-for/japan/japrs-kl/n-kondo.htm

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-for/japan/japrs-kl/t-kurita.htm

Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-for/japan/japrs-n/c-nagmo.htm

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-for/japan/japrs-xz/i-yamto.htm

Combined Fleet [includes images of Yamamoto, Nagumo, Mikawa, and 

Yamaguchi]

http://combinedfleet.com/officers
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Images, Photographs and Video

Battle of Midway/ Index of Midway/Photos 

http://www.centuryinter.net/midway/index.html

Naval Art from the Battle of Midway [Navy Art Collection]

http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/midway/midway1.htm

Online Library of Midway Images [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm

Maps

Battles of Coral Sea and Midway, 1942 [U.S. Military Academy]

http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/Atlases/WorldWarTwoAsia/WorldWarTwoAsia.html

Marines at Midway by R.D. Heinl, Jr. [see bottom of the page for map links]

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Midway.html

Pacific Naval Battles of World War II

http://www.combinedfleet.com/map.htm

The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters, 1942 [U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans 

Association (NCVA)]

http://www.usncva.org/clog/images/pacific-theater-1942.jpg

Reports and Documents

Battle of Midway “AF is Short of Water” – How Cryptology Enabled the United 

States to Turn the Tide in the Pacific War.

http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/center_crypt_history/publications/battle_

midway.shtml

“A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles 

of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians by Frederick D. Parker [US Cryptologic 

History series]

http://www.nsa.gov/about/_files/cryptologic_heritage/publications/wwii/priceless_advant

age.pdf

Cryptologic History of the Battle [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-3.htm
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First Report to the Secretary of the Navy Covering Our Peacetime Navy and our 

Wartime Navy and Including Combat Operations up to 1 March 1944 (Issued 23 

April 1944) by Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, 

and Chief of Naval Operations

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/cno/cnorpt_1.html

Marines in World War II Historical Monograph. Marines at Midway by Lieutenant 

Colonel R.D. Heinl, Jr., USMC, Historical Section, Division of Public Information, 

Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1948.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Midway.html

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/midway.txt

Online Action Reports of the Battle [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-4.htm

Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Serial 01849 of 28 June 1942 [main report 

of ADM Nimitz]

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid1.htm

Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, Serial 01753 of 21 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid2.htm

Commander Cruisers, Pacific Fleet, of 14 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid3.htm

Commander Task Force SIXTEEN, Serial 0144-A of 16 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid4.htm

Commanding Officer, USS Hornet, Serial 0018 of 13 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid5.htm

Commanding Officer, USS Enterprise, Serial 0133 of 8 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid6.htm

Commanding Officer, USS Yorktown, report of 18 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid7.htm

Commander Task Group 17.4 (Commander Destroyer Squadron SIX) Serial 094 of 

12 June 1942 –

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid8.htm

Commanding Officer, USS Hammann Serial 2 of 16 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid9.htm

Bombing Squadron SIX ACA report for 4 June 1942 --

http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/mid10.htm
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The Tide Turns: Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, Midway, Aleutians

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/TideTurns/

From HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web

Compiled and formatted by Patrick Clancey

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/

USS Enterprise (CV-6) Battle logs and Actions reports

http://www.cv6.org/ship/logs/default.htm

Action Report (Serial 0133) 4-6 June 1942--

http://www.cv6.org/ship/logs/action19420604-133.htm

Action Report (Serial 0137) 4-6 June 1942 --

http://www.cv6.org/ship/logs/action19420604.htm

Bombing Squadron Six Action Reports – 4-6 June 1942 by LT Richard H. Best --

http://www.cv6.org/ship/logs/action19420604-vb6.htm

Scouting Squadron Six Action Report – 4-6 June 1942 by LT Earl Gallaher --

http://www.cv6.org/ship/logs/action19420604-vs6.htm

Composition of Forces and Losses

Losses at the Battle of Midway June 3-7, 1942 [International Midway Memorial

Foundation]

http://www.immf-midway.org/midwaylosses.html

Naval Actions and Losses 1942

http://www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk/Naval/Naval_Actions_WW242Pac.html

Order of Battle: Battle of Midway and Aleutians 3-7 June 1942

http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Midway.htm

Naval Forces at the Battle of Midway June 4, 1942 [International Midway Memorial 

Foundation]

http://www.immf-midway.org/midwayforces.html

American

Composition of U.S. Forces [Naval Historical Center]

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-5.htm
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United States Order of Battle at Midway

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/orders_of_battle/midway_usa.htm

American Aircraft

Brown-Shoe Navy: U.S. Naval Aviation (Planes, Crews, Squadrons)

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/index.htm

Consolidated PBY Catalina

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/pby_catalina.htm

Douglas TBD Devastator

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/t-types/tbd.htm

http://www.aviation-history.com/douglas/tbd.html

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/tbd_devastator.htm

Douglas SDB Dauntless

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/sbd_dauntless.htm

Grumman F4F Wildcat

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/f-types/f4f.htm

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/f4f_wildcat.htm

Grumman TBF Avenger

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/tbf_avenger.htm

American Ships

USS Enterprise [CV-6 – Aircraft Carrier]

http://www.cv6.org/ship/big_e.htm

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/06.htm

USS Hornet [CV-8 – Aircraft Carrier]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/cv8.htm

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/08.htm

USS Nautilus [SS-168 -- Submarine]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/ss168.htm

USS Yorktown [CV-5 – Aircraft Carrier]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-xz/cv5.htm

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/05.htm

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/ships/carriers/yorktown.htm

Allied Fleet Carriers of the Pacific War [See Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown]

http://www.angelfire.com/fm/odyssey/allpaccarriers.htm
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Japanese Forces

Composition of Japanese Naval Forces from Naval Historical Center

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-6.htm

Japanese Order of Battle at Midway

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/orders_of_battle/midway_japan.htm

Japanese Aircraft 

Aircraft ofteh Air Battle of Midway

http://www.centuryinter.net/midway/air_battle.html

Japanese Ships

Akagi [Aircraft Carrier]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-a/akagi2.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~DanielWalker/akagi.html

Hiryu [Aircraft Carrier]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-h/hiryu.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~DanielWalker/soryu-hiryu.html

Kaga [Aircraft Carrier]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-k/kaga.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~DanielWalker/kaga.html

Kikuzuki [Destroyer no. 31]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-k/kikzki2.htm

Mikuma [Cruiser]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-m/mikuma.htm

Soryu [Aircraft Carrier]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-s/soryu.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~DanielWalker/soryu-hiryu.html

I-68 [Submarine]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-i/i68.htm
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NEWSPAPER ARTICES – SELECTED

These articles from selected newspapers are listed by news source and in chronological 

order.

Christian Science Monitor

"Midway--and Beyond." The Christian Science Monitor June 06 1942. 

"Japanese Retreating from Midway; 1,000 RAF Planes Blast Axis Bases; Allied Strategy 

Imperiling China?" The Christian Science Monitor June 06 1942. 

"Enemy Loses 3 Warships, 11 Damaged in Midway Clash; Allies Rout Axis Tanks in 

Libya." The Christian Science Monitor June 08 1942. 

By Joseph C Harrison Staff Correspondent of The Christian,Science Monitor. "Action 

West of Midway Opened to U.S. Fleet as Stinging Defeat is Handed Enemy." The 

Christian Science Monitor June 08 1942.

"Official Story of Midway Told in Admirals Reports." The Christian Science Monitor June

08 1942. 

"Fliers Sea View of Midway Battle." The Christian Science Monitor June 09 1942. 

Browne, Mallory. "British Navy Studying Lesson of Midway Battle." The Christian 

Science Monitor June 09 1942. 

"Midways Light on Carriers." The Christian Science Monitor June 11 1942. 

"15 Japanese Ships are Sunk and 20 Damaged in Battle, Navy Department Says." The 

Christian Science Monitor June 12 1942. 

"Midway-Coral Japan Losses 10 Times U.S." The Christian Science Monitor June 18 

1942. 

"Public may See Film of the Battle of Midway." The Christian Science Monitor June 19 

1942. 

"Marines Tell their Story of the Battle of Midway." The Christian Science Monitor June

25 1942. 

"U.S. Navy Tells Full Story of Battle of Midway Island." The Christian Science Monitor

July 15 1942. 

"Midway and Morale." The Christian Science Monitor July 16 1942. 
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"Colorado Hero of the Week Citation Discloses an Untold Midway Espisode." The 

Christian Science Monitor July 20 1942. 

"Probe of Midway Information Affects Three Large Papers." The Christian Science 

Monitor August 08 1942. 

"Maj. James Roosevelt in Battle of Midway." The Christian Science Monitor August 13 

1942. 

"Battle of Midway Island to be seen in Navy Movie." The Christian Science Monitor 

September 04 1942. 

Oliver, Frederick L. (CAPT USN Retired). "Antiair Defense Gains in Battle of Ships and 

Planes." The Christian Science Monitor September 09 1942. 

"Battle of Midway, Technicolor Documentary." The Christian Science Monitor

September 18 1942. 

Clausen, Walter. "Solomons Air Tol Tops Midway." Los Angeles Times October 20 

1942. 

Harris, William C. "Aerial Exploits of Midway Hero Linger on Tongues of His Comrades." 

The Christian Science Monitor July 27 1943. 

"Quincy DE Ship Launching to Honor Hero of Midway." The Christian Science Monitor 

September 06 1944. 

"Midway Gooney Bird found Much Maligned." The Christian Science Monitor April 02 

1955. 

Taylor, Nora E. "Midway Battle Hero Helps Actor in Movie of Event." The Christian 

Science Monitor June 16 1976. 

By, David S. "Midway, Or the Battle of Sensurround." The Christian Science Monitor

July 02 1976. 

Los Angeles Times

"Japs Suffer Heavy Loss in Great Midway Battle." Los Angeles Times June 06 1942. 

"Fleeing Japs Suffer New Losses as Sea Battle Ends." Los Angeles Times June 08 

1942.

"Navy Pilot Tells Eyewitness Story of Epic Sea Victory Near Midway." Los Angeles 

Times June 09 1942. 
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"Battle Rages off Aleutians." Los Angeles Times June 09 1942. 

"Pacific Situation Declared Eased by Battle of Midway." Los Angeles Times June 10 

1942. 

"Marines in Midway Battle Praised by Fortress Pilots." Los Angeles Times June 12 

1942. 

Tremaine, Frank. "Army Flyers Tell of Midway Fight." Los Angeles Times June 12 1942. 

"Gen. Tinker Lost in Battle." Los Angeles Times June 13 1942. 

"Flying Fortresses Add to Midway Clash Toll." Los Angeles Times June 16 1942. 

Casey, Robert J. "Epic Midway Sea Battle and Rescues Described." Los Angeles Times

June 17 1942. 

Hailey, Foster. "Eyes of Navy Tell of Job at Midway." New York Times 1 June 17 1942. 

"Jap Losses 10 Times those of Americans at Coral Sea and Midway, Nimitz Says." Los 

Angeles Times June 18 1942. 

"Director Ford, Now in Navy, Wounded in Midway Battle." Los Angeles Times June 19 

1942. 

Hailey, Foster. "Midway Battle Thunder Described by Witness." Los Angeles Times

June 22 1942. 

"Midway Raid Termed Battle for Invasion of West Coast." Los Angeles Times June 22 

1942. 

Clark, Lee. "Marines Heroism at Midway Disclosed." Los Angeles Times June 25 1942. 

"Awards Announced for Army Heroes of Midway Battle." Los Angeles Times July 11 

1942. 

"Aircraft Carrier Yorktown Hit by Japanese Bomb in Midway Battle." Los Angeles Times

July 15 1942. 

"Navy Tells Story of Midway Victory." Los Angeles Times July 15 1942. 

"Heres Full Report on Midway Battle." Los Angeles Times July 15 1942. 

"Midway is Called Greatest Sea Battle." The Washington Post July 15 1942. 
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"Navys Planes Glide to Prey in Battle of Midway Isle." Los Angeles Times July 18 1942. 

"Jap Lull in Aleutians Tied Up with Midway." Los Angeles Times July 19 1942. 

"Japans Midway Claims." New York Times 3 July 20 1942. 

"Navy Cook Says Live Rabbit Brought Luck in Sea Battle." Los Angeles Times July 24 

1942. 

"Sham Battle Fought by Japs to Lure U.S. Pilot to Doom." Los Angeles Times July 30 

1942. 

"Sinking of U.S. Destroyer in Battle of Midway Described." Los Angeles Times August

02 1942. 

Casey, Robert J. "Midway Battle Still Puzzles People, but We Really Won--and Thats 

That." Los Angeles Times August 12 1942

"Eyewitness Tells of Midway Battle." Los Angeles Times August 14 1942. 

"Another Midway Victory may be in the Making." Los Angeles Times August 26 1942. 

"Patrol Planes Surprise Raid on Foe at Midway Described." Los Angeles Times A. 

August 29 1942. 

"Cameraman Takes Battle of Midway." Los Angeles Times September 07 1942. 

"Two Navy Flyers Sail Raft 17 Days After Air Battle." Los Angeles Times September 13 

1942. 

"Marines Wounded in Midway Battle Reunited at San Diego." Los Angeles Times

October 05 1942. 

"Navy Cross Awarded 16 Flyers for Heroism in Midway Battle." Los Angeles Times

November 13 1942. 

"Midway Fight Bravery Wins D.F.C. for 10 Enlisted Men." Los Angeles Times December

31 1942.

"Marines Thrilling Score at Midway Told by Navy." Los Angeles Times January 10 1943. 

"Formosa Battle may be Largest since Midway." Los Angeles Times October 17 1944. 

Drake, Waldo. "Jap Tells how Planes Won Midway Fight." Los Angeles Times

December 05 1945. 
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"Midway Losses of U.S. Below Japs Estimate." Los Angeles Times July 13 1947. 

Kirsch, Robert R. "Midway: Closest Squeak, Greatest Victory." Los Angeles Times

August 13 1967. 

"The Conference at Midway." Los Angeles Times June 10 1969. 

"Adm. Spruance, Battle of Midway Mastermind, Dies." Los Angeles Times December 14 

1969. 

Boettner, Jack. "The Battle for Midway may be Fought all Over again." Los Angeles 

Times May 10 1981. 

New York Times

By, HANSON W. "Midway-Hawaiian and Alaska-Aleutian Areas Enter the Picture as 

Enemy Goals." New York Times June 05 1942.

"Severe Damage Inflicted on Japanese Fleet in Battleships, Carriers Cruisers, 

Transports; Foe Retires from Midway; Battle Continuing." New York Times June 06 

1942. 

By, HANSON W. "Japan Challenges Us to Battle for Pacific." New York Times June 07 

1942

"Tokyo Press Hints at Midway Defeat." New York Times June 10 1942. 

"Midway Heartens Pacific War Group." New York Times June 11 1942. 

"Gen. Tinker Lost in Midway Battle." New York Times June 13 1942. 

"U.S. Pilot Downs Foe, Our Fire Downs Pilot in His Busy Five Minutes in Midway 

Battle." New York Times June 13 1942. 

By, HANSON W. "Redeeming Victories in Coral Sea Battle and Off Midway Establish it 

as the Best." New York Times June 14 1942. 

"Homecoming for a Hero of the Battle of Midway." New York Times June 14 1942. 

Hailey, Foster. "U.S. Fighter Score Off Midway Large." New York Times June 21 1942. 

Hailey, Foster. "Never a Dull Moment at Midway, Reporter Watching Battle found." New 

York Times June 22 1942. 

Hailey, Foster. "Valor at Midway the Casual Brand." New York Times June 23 1942. 
108

By Eugene Burns Associated Press,Staff Writer. "Navy Raises Toll of Japs at Midway." 

The Washington Post June 29 1942. 

"Matruh Battle Rages as British Attack; Nazis Open a Third Offensive in Russia; New 

List by Navy of Foes Midway Losses." New York Times June 29 1942. 

"Tally at Midway." New York Times July 04 1942.

Trumbull, Robert. "28 Midway Honors Go to Army Fliers." New York Times July 11 

1942. 

Hurd, Charles. "Yorktown was Hit in Midway Melee." New York Times July 15 1942. 

By, HANSON W. "Midway Battles Lesson." New York Times July 16 1942. 

"The Battle of Midway." New York Times July 16 1942. 

"One U.S. Squadron Bagged 54 Foes in Coral Sea, Midway Air Fights." New York 

Times August 05 1942. 

"Midway Dispatch is Under Inquiry." New York Times August 08 1942. 

"They Did Not Return from the Battle at Midway Island." New York Times August 08 

1942. 

"Action on Midway Island: Scenes of Battle in which Japanese Raiders were Beaten Off 

by U.S. Forces." New York Times September 09 1942. 

"Film of Midway Released by Navy." New York Times September 15 1942. 

"Enemy Surprised in Midway Battle." New York Times September 20 1942.

"Heroes all: Decorations for Midway Battle being Presented in Hawaii." New York Times

September 21 1942. 

"Midway Credited to Carrier Blows." New York Times September 21 1949. 

Sam, Harold. "Disappointed in Midway Film." New York Times October 18 1942. 

"Tinker is Honored as Hero of Midway." New York Times November 11 1942. 

"16 Fliers at Midway Receive Navy Cross." New York Times November 13 1942. 

"Midway Hero is Missing." New York Times December 17 1942.
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"Decorated for Valor in Battle of Midway." New York Times January 02 1943. 

By The, Associated P. "Midway Heroism Pictured by Navy." New York Times January

10 1943. 

"Col. Shannon Dies; Leader at Midway." New York Times February 17 1943.

"Marine Says Quaking Comes After Battle." New York Times March 03 1943

"Japanese at Midway Lost Two Admirals." New York Times April 25 1943. 

THE, ASSOCIATED P. "Death of Two Jap Admirals in Battle of Midway Told." Los 

Angeles Times April 25 1943. 

"Spruance in Battle of Midway." New York Times November 23 1943. 

"A Far-Flung Battle Line." New York Times 20. October 25 1944. 

"Japanese Menace Broken at Midway." New York Times August 15 1945. 

"Midway Battles Storm." New York Times March 25 1946. 

"Japanese Mistake at Midway Shown." New York Times July 13 1947. 

By, HERBERT M. "Midway and Haiphong." New York Times May 29 1972. 

"Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher, 87, Commander at Midway, is Dead." New York Times April

27 1973.

By, VINCENT C. "On Film, the Battle of Midway is Lost." New York Times June 19 

1976. 

Drew, M. "Battle in the Pacific." New York Times November 06 1982. 

"George H. Gay, 77; was Sole Survivor in a Midway Attack." New York Times October

24 1994. 

The Times (London)

“Japanese Flying Boats Attacked.” Times (London) March 13, 1942

United States Account of Naval and Air Engagement of Midway Island” Times (London)

July 15, 1942 and July 16, 1942.

“Adm. Nimitz’s Visit.” Times (London) May 8, 1942
110

“Defeat of Five Japanese Attacks Revealed.” Times (London) May 8, 1942

“Defenders Decorated.” Times (London) May 8, 1942

Midway Island Attacked by Japanese Aircraft.” Times (London) June 5, 1942.

“Attack by Japanese Aircraft and Warships Repulsed.” Times (London) June 6, 1942.

“Ten Japanese Warships Sunk or Damaged by United States Naval and Air Forces.” 

Times (London) June 8, 1942.

“Admiral Nimitz’s Report.” Times (London) June 8, 1942.

“Adm. King’s Message.” Times (London) June 8, 1942.

“The Times Naval Correspondent’s Comments.” Times (London) June 8, 1942.

“Australian Opinion.” Times (London) June 8, 1942.

“Maps.” Times (London) June 8 & 9, 1942.

“Japanese Fleet Withdrawing After Infliction of Further Damage ot Warships by United 

States Forces, Contact Lost.” Times (London) June 9, 1942.

Lt.Gen Arnold’s Message to United States Army Pilots.” Times (London) June 9, 1942.

“Eye-Witness Account.” Times (London) June 10, 1942.

“No Japanese Press or Broadcast References.” Times (London) June 10, 1942.

“Japanese Broadcast Annoucments.” Times (London) June 11, 1942.

“Japanese Naval Spokesman’s Statement.” Times (London) June 11, 1942.

“Expected Heavy Japanese Casualties.” Times (London) June 11, 1942.

“The Times Naval Correspondent’s Comments” Times (London) June 11, 1942.

“Mr. Nash’s Statement” Times (London) June 11, 1942.

“Further Eye-Witness Accounts” Times (London) June 12, 1942.

“Japaness Naval Expert’s Statement.”Times (London) June 12, 1942.

“Reported Sinking of Four Japanese Aircraft Carriers and Torpedoing of Three 

Transports” Times (London) June 13, 1942.
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“Japanese Casualties Estimated at more than 10,000” Times (London) June 13, 1942.

“Use of New United States Torpedo Bomber Disclosed.” Times (London) June 15, 1942.

“Japanese Claims” Times (London) June 16, 1942.

“American Gratification” Times (London) June 17, 1942.

“Mr. W. Nash.” Times (London) June 18, 1942.

“American Statement on Revised Estimate of Japanes Losses” Times (London) June 

30, 1942.

“The Times Naval Correspondent’s Comments” Times (London) June 30, 1942.

“Article by The Times Naval Correspondent” [map included] Times (London) July 27, 

1942.

“United States Newspapers, Alleged Publication of Confidential Information.” Times 

(London) August 11, 1942.

“United States Newspapers, Alleged Publication of Confidential Information -

Indictments Refused.” Times (London) August 21, 1942.

“Forrestal, Mr. J.V. (s.)” Times (London) September 12, 1942.

“Statement on United States Naval Losses.” Time (London) September 17, 1942.

“United States Torpedo Bombers’ Sacrifce in Air and Naval Engagement.” Time 

(London) November 6, 1942.

Wall Street Journal

"Grummans New Torpedo Bomber (It Looks Like a Fighter Plane) Played a Key Role in 

the United States Victory at Midway." Wall Street Journal June 16 1942. 

Washington Post 

Donovan, Hedley. "America must Now Steel itself to Losses in the Philippines, Guam, 

Wake and Midway, but we Will Punish Treachery, President Says." The Washington 

Post December 10 1941. 
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"V.F.W. Posts See Action on World Battle Fronts." The Washington Post April 05 1942. 

"Japs Beaten Back at Midway; Lose Heavily; Battle Rages on; R.A.F. Lashes Invasion 

Coast." The Washington Post June 06 1942.

Folliard, Edward T. "U.S. Navy, Airmen Smash Japanese Fleet at Midway." The 

Washington Post June 07 1942. 

"Battle Ends at Midway, Rages off Alaska." The Washington Post June 08 1942. 

By, Ernest L. "Midway Battle." The Washington Post June 10 1942.

By John G Norris Post,Staff Writer. "Thousands Die West of Midway; Half Foes Main 

Force Shattered." The Washington Post June 11 1942. 

Haller, Richard . "American Fliers Tell how Jap Fleets were Defeated in Battle of 

Midway." The Washington Post June 12 1942. 

"Battle-Tide Turns in Pacific: Highpoints of the Struggle." The Washington Post June 13 

1942. 

Frye, William F. "Maj. Gen. Tinker Lost at Midway." The Washington Post June 13 

1942. 

"New Navy Reports Raise Jap Losses in Men at Midway Well Above 10,000." The 

Washington Post June 13 1942. 

Clausen, Walter. "Flier on Routine Flight Sighted Japs Hundreds of Miles from Midway." 

The Washington Post June 17 1942. 

Tregaskis, Richard. "Navys Midway Role Described." The Washington Post June 22 

1942. 

Lee, Clark. "Marines made Japs at Midway Pay for Wake." The Washington Post June

25 1942. 

"Roosevelts Son in Midway Battle." The Washington Post June 27 1942. 

"Midway." The Washington Post July 16 1942. 

"Young Engineer Cited as Hero in Midway Battle." The Washington Post July 19 1942. 

"Midway Fliers Tell of Swift Battles in Air." The Washington Post July 30 1942. 

"Adm. Fletcher Wins D.S.M. for Midway, Coral Sea Battles." The Washington Post

August 02 1942. 
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"Sailors Tell how U.S.S. Hammann Took Torpedoes Meant for Yorktown in Midway 

Battle; Heroic Captain Praised." The Washington Post August 02 1942. 

"Arlington Man Missing After Midway Battle." The Washington Post August 11 1942. 

By International, News S. "Tribune Aviation Man Called by Jury on Midway Article." The 

Washington Post August 15 1942. 

"Battle of Midway Will Be Fought Today on Screens." The Washington Post September 

17 1942. 

"Battle of Midway, Tish in Contrast at Capitol." The Washington Post September 18 

1942. 

"The Midway Movie." The Washington Post September 20 1942. 

"Yorktown Navigators Simple, Moving Word Picture of Midway Battle which Led to 

Great Carriers Doom." The Washington Post September 20 1942.

"Midway Battle Hero Awarded Flying Cross." The Washington Post September 26 1942. 

"Public Invited to See Midway Battle Movie." The Washington Post November 09 1942. 

"Late Gen. Tinker Gets D.S.M. Award for Midway Valor." The Washington Post

November 11 1942. 

"Lt. Comdr. Smith Commended for Midway Service." The Washington Post February 07 

1943. 

"Navy Outguessed Japs to Deal Heavy Midway Blow, King Says." The Washington Post

April 25 1944. 

"U.S. Won Rule of Sea and Air in Guadalcanal Naval Battle." The Washington Post April

27 1944. 

"Giant Carrier Midway Set for Launching." The Washington Post March 18 1945. 

"Japs Stopped from Telling Midway Facts." The Washington Post October 13 1945. 

By, Dougald W. "Big Carrier Midway and Three Cruisers Display Their Might." The 

Washington Post January 10 1948. 

"Adm. Stanhope Ring, 60. Hero of Midway Battle." The Washington Post, Times Herald 

May 31 1963. 

"Blues, Islanders Battle to Tie." The Washington Post, Times Herald December 13 
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1972. 

"Adm. C. W. McClusky, Led Air Unit at Midway." The Washington Post June 30 1976. 

Summers, K.C. "Battle of Midway: They were there." The Washington Post October 19 

1979. 

Orval J. "Forty Years Later, Survivor Recalls the Crucial Battle of Midway." The 

Washington Post June 04 1982. 

Ringle, Ken. "The Code-Cracker & the Battle of Midway." The Washington Post June 04 

1992. 

Jenkins, Eugene. "The Commanders at Midway." The Washington Post June 27 1992. 

Kleiman, Seymour. "Adm. Spruance at Midway." The Washington Post July 06 1992.