The Kamikaze Hunters
Subtitle: Fighting for the Pacific, 1945
Publisher: MacMillan
Published: May 17, 2012
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780230768192
Description: In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, the Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare: the suicide pilots, or Kamikaze. Drawing on meticulous research and unique personal access to the remaining survivors, Will Iredale follows a group of young men from the moment they joined up through their initial training to the terrifying reality of fighting against pilots who, in the cruel last summer of the war, chose death rather than risk their country's dishonourable defeat and deliberately flew their planes into Allied aircraft carriers. A story of courage, valour and dogged determination, The Kamikaze Hunters is a gripping account of how a few brave young men helped to ensure lasting peace.
Notes: Source title: The Kamikaze Hunters: Fighting for the Pacific, 1945