Midway The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story

This landmark study was first published in English by the Naval Institute in 1955 & was added to the Classics of Naval Literature series in 1992. Widely acknowledged for its valuable Japanese insights into the battle that turned that tide of war in the Pacific, the book has made a great impact on American readers over the years. Two Japanese naval aviators who participated in the operation provide an unsparing analysis of what caused Japan's staggering defeat. Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the first air strike on Pearl Harbor, commanded the Akagi carrier air group & 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 & later served as a staff officer in a carrier division. Armed with knowledge of top-secret documents destroyed by the Japanese & access to private papers, they show the operation to be ill-conceived & poorly planned & executed, & fault their flag officers for lacking initiative, leadership, & 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.Fuchida, Mitsuo is the author of 'Midway The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story' with ISBN 9781557504289 and ISBN 1557504288.