The Battle of Midway
By: Craig L. Symonds
Series: Pivotal moments in American history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780195397932
Subjects: Japanese Naval operations; American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; Midway, Battle of, 1942
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-442) and index.
Table of contents: title: CinCPac; title: The Kidō butai; title: The brownshoe navy; title: American counterstrike; title: Seeking the decisive battle; title: Pete and Jimmy; title: The codebreakers; title: The Battle of the Coral Sea; title: The eve of battle; title: Opening act; title: Nagumo's dilemma (4:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.); title: The flight to nowhere (7:00 A.M. to 11:20 A.M.); title: Attack of the torpedo squadrons (8:30 A.M. to 10:20 A.M.); title: The tipping point (7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.); title: The Japanese counterstrike (11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.); title: Dénouement; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix A: American and Japanese aircraft carriers; title: Appendix B: American and Japanese aircraft; title: Appendix C: American order of battle; title: Appendix D: Japanese order of battle; title: Appendix E: How much did the U.S. know of Japanese plans?; title: Appendix F: The flight to nowhere.