{"product_id":"midway-the-battle-that-doomed-japan-the-japanese-navys-story","title":"MIDWAY — The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy's Story","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #f7f8f9; padding: 20px; border-left: 4px solid #647382;\"\u003eA detailed account of the Battle of Midway written by Japanese naval officers who participated in the battle. This book reveals for the first time the Japanese perspective on this decisive WWII Pacific battle that turned the tide of the war.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eCharacteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table table-striped\" style=\"width: 99.915%; height: 294.034px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0870213725\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook cover finish(es)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover ( round back binding )\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Dust jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003eVery good\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnited States Naval Institute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e266\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1955\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16 x 23.5 x 2 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 78.4091px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 78.4091px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCategorie(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 78.4091px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• AVIATION NAVALE\u003cbr\u003e• AVIATION MILITAIRE\u003cbr\u003e• GUERRES - BATAILLES\u003cbr\u003e• SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors of the original Japanese edition of this book both had an active part in \u003cem\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMitsuo Fuchida\u003c\/em\u003e, a Captain in the \u003cem\u003eImperial Japanese Navy\u003c\/em\u003e, led the air assault on \u003cem\u003ePearl Harbor\u003c\/em\u003e in December 1941, went through the entire \u003cem\u003eBattle of Midway\u003c\/em\u003e aboard the aircraft carrier \u003cem\u003eAkagi\u003c\/em\u003e, and was wounded during the action. Later, at the \u003cem\u003eJapanese Naval War College\u003c\/em\u003e, he made a special study of the battle. \u003cem\u003eMasatake Okumiya\u003c\/em\u003e, a Commander in the \u003cem\u003eImperial Japanese Navy\u003c\/em\u003e, was in the light carrier \u003cem\u003eRyūjō\u003c\/em\u003e, in the \u003cem\u003eAleutians\u003c\/em\u003e area, during the \u003cem\u003eBattle of Midway\u003c\/em\u003e, and later served as a staff officer in a carrier division.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editors of this book, both Japanese language experts, are \u003cem\u003eClarke H. Kawakami\u003c\/em\u003e, who served with the \u003cem\u003eU.S. Army\u003c\/em\u003e in the \u003cem\u003eChina-Burma-India\u003c\/em\u003e theatre during \u003cem\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/em\u003e and later with the Historical Section of \u003cem\u003eGeneral MacArthur\u003c\/em\u003e’s Tokyo Headquarters; and \u003cem\u003eRoger Pineau\u003c\/em\u003e, who, as a Naval Reserve officer, served a tour with the \u003cem\u003eU.S. Strategic Bombing Survey\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eJapan\u003c\/em\u003e and later worked with \u003cem\u003eSamuel Eliot Morison\u003c\/em\u003e in preparing the comprehensive \u003cem\u003eHistory of United States Naval Operations in World War II\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMidway\u003c\/em\u003e, the battle that doomed \u003cem\u003eJapan\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the \u003cem\u003eU.S. Naval Institute\u003c\/em\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/em\u003e history series, planned to give a full account of naval operations, by officers who were participants and actual eyewitnesses, both in Allied and Axis navies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The \u003cem\u003eBattle of Midway\u003c\/em\u003e was without question a turning point of the \u003cem\u003ePacific War\u003c\/em\u003e,” says former Admiral \u003cem\u003eNobutake Kondo\u003c\/em\u003e, IJN, in his introduction to this book. “So decisive was the Japanese defeat that the details were kept secret and made known only to a limited few, even within the \u003cem\u003eJapanese Navy\u003c\/em\u003e. Not until the Japanese edition of this book appeared in 1951 did the Japanese public learn for the first time of the disastrous naval defeat which turned the tide of the war in the \u003cem\u003ePacific\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53741117276506,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3015\/9446\/files\/image1_c83bfdb4-58f8-457a-b616-8a827d68b46a.jpeg?v=1772719097","url":"https:\/\/aviation.brussels\/products\/midway-the-battle-that-doomed-japan-the-japanese-navys-story","provider":"aviation.brussels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}