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Midway
- The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the first air strike on Pearl Harbor, commanded the Akagi carrier air group and later made a study of the battle at the Japanese Naval War College. Masatake Okumiya, one of Japan's first dive-bomber pilots, was aboard the light carrier Ryujo and later served as a staff officer in a carrier division. Armed with knowledge of top-secret documents destroyed by the Japanese and access to private papers, they show the operation to be ill-conceived and poorly planned and executed, and fault their flag officers for lacking initiative, leadership, and clear thinking. With an introduction by an author known for his study of the battle from the American perspective, the work continues to make a significant contribution to World War II literature.
Critic Reviews
"Midway gives an enlightening account of the Japanese naval leaders of the time, placing a new perspective on their abilities, shortcomings, and their ways of thinking and acting." (Military Review)
"Captain Fuchida's and Commander Okumiya's clear style should satisfy both the casual [listener] and the naval strategist." (Baltimore Sun)
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- Anonymous User
- 29-04-2019
Behind enemy lines
I loved this book almost from the first Paragraph all the way to the last. It's was fascinating to get in the minds of the Ww2 Japanese forces, and learn how and why they did what they did. If you are interested in ww2 or naval battles, you will love this book. This is the first book iv ever thought to myself "I'm looking forward to one day forgetting about it, so I can listen to it again and be just as entertained"
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- RJ Ham
- 01-02-2022
More fiction than history
Sadly I did not learn until reviewing other more recent works that Fuchida's account contains massive outright falsehoods. The book is entertaining enough but should not be considered a factual telling of the battle.
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