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In less than one day, the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy was destroyed and four of her great aircraft carriers sank burning into the dark depths of the Pacific. Utilizing the latest research and detailed combat maps, this book tells the dramatic story of the Japanese assault on Midway Island and the American ambush that changed the face of the Pacific war. With sections on commanders, opposing forces, and a blow-by-blow account of the action, this volume gives a complete understanding show more of the strategy, the tactics, and the human drama that made up the Midway campaign, and its place as the turning point in the Pacific war. show lessTags
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Una delle più importanti battaglie navali della storia, Midway, fu combattuta solo sei mesi dopo il devestante attacco giapponese a Pearl Harbour. La Yorktown, gravemente danneggiata, fu riparata in sole 48 ore e, insieme con l'Enterprise e la Hornet, salpò per affrontare la flotta aeronavale giapponese. Gli USA infersero un colpo mortale alla flotta imperiale nipponica.
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Mark Healy is the author of several books including Midway 1942, The Tiger Tank Story and The Ancient Assyrians, and produced the video series Die Deutschen Panzer. He wrote the best-selling Zitadelle: The German Offensive against the Kursk Salient 14-17 July 1943 for Spellmount.
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- Canonical title
- Midway 1942 : Turning point in the Pacific
- Original title
- Midway 1942 : Turning point in the Pacific
- People/Characters
- Hiroaki Abe; Howard P. Ady; Richard H. Best; Takahisa Amagai (as Captain Amagai); Elliott Buckmaster; Taijiro Aoki (show all 32); Frank Jack Fletcher; Kirk Armistead (as Major Armistead); Chuichi Nagumo; Richard H. Best (Dick Best, Richard Halsey Best); Raymond A. Spruance; Isoroku Yamamoto; William A. Chase (as Lieutenant Chase); Chihaya (as Lieutenant Commander Chihaya); James F. Collins (Captain); Charles Eaton (Ensign); Langdon K. Fieberling; Mitsuo Fuchida; Ruitaro Fujita; Shigeru Fukudome; W. Earl Gallaher (Lieutenant); George Gay (Ensign); Minoru Genda (Commander); James S. Gray, jr. (as Lieutenant James S. Gray); William F. Halsey Jr.; Lofton Henderson (Major); Hirohito, Emperor of Japan; Moshiro Hosogaya; Kiyonao Ichiki (Colonel); S. Itaya (Lieutenant Commander); Wade McClusky; Chester W. Nimitz
- Important places
- Midway Atoll; North Pacific Ocean; Pacific Ocean
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); World War II, Pacific Theater (1941-12-07 | 1945-09-02); Battle of Midway (1942-06-04 | 1942-06-07)
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- English, French, Italian, Spanish
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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