The Kamikaze hunters
Subtitle: fighting for the Pacific, 1945
By: Will Iredale
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781681771670
Subjects: Campaigns; Japanese Aerial operations; American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; Japan; Kamikaze pilots; Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai; Warships; History
Description: "Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rather choose death than a dishonorable defeat,"--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: Flying sailors; title: They were like gods; title: Wakey-wakey, rise and shine, show a leg; title: Bags of food and lights and girls; title: Wings; title: they don't know what they want and they won't be happy till they get it; title: Flat-hatters; title: Blooded; title: Flat tops; title: An enterprise of the first magnitude; title: The balloons go up; title: The jitter effect; title: The body crashers; title: April fools; title: A formidable return; title: Little yellow baskets; title: Breaking point; title: The absolute full; title: The final onslaught.