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010 $a2005011629
020 $a1574889230 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781574889239
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050 00 $aD774.M4$bP37 2005
100 1 $aParshall, Jonathan B.,$d1962-
245 10 $aShattered sword :$bthe untold story of the Battle of Midway /$cJonathan B. Parshall and Anthony P. Tully.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bPotomac Books,$c2005.
300 $axxvi, 613 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 581-589) and index.
505 0 $aDeparture -- Genesis of a battle -- Plans -- Ill omens -- Transit -- Fog and final preparations -- Morning attack: 0430-0600 -- A lull before the storm: 0600-0700 -- The enemy revealed: 0700-0800 -- Trading blows: 0800-0917 -- Fatal complications: 0917-1020 -- A fallacious five minutes: 1020-1025 -- The iron fist: 1020-1030 -- Fire and death: 1030-1100 -- Up the steel steps: 1100-1200 -- Japanese counterstrikes: 1200-1400 -- Last gasp: 1400-1800 -- Scuttlings: 1800-Dawn, 5 June -- Retreat -- And death to the cripples ... -- A bitter homecoming -- Why did Japan lose? -- Assessing the Battle's importance -- The myths and mythmakers of Midway -- Glossary of terms -- Appendix 1. List of personnel -- Appendix 2. Japanese Order of Battle -- Appendix 3. The carriers of Kidō Butai -- Appendix 4. The aircraft of Kidō Butai -- Appendix 5. Japanese amphibious operations against Midway: an analysis -- Appendix 6. Discovery of carrier Kaga -- Appendix 7. Japanese aircraft tail codes at the Battle of Midway -- Appendix 8. Japanese radar at Midway -- Appendix 9. Chronology of Japanese fighter operations -- Appendix 10. Japanese strike rosters, operations MI and AL -- Appendix 11. Aleutians force distributions.
650 0 $aMidway, Battle of, 1942.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, Japanese.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Japanese.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
700 1 $aTully, Anthony P.,$d1961-
856 41 $uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005011629.html$zTable of contents
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