Midway

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

De: Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya

Narrado por: Terence Aselford

This landmark study was first published in English by the Naval Institute in 1955. Widely acknowledged for its valuable Japanese insights into the battle that turned the 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 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.

©1955, 1992 U.S. Naval Institute (P)2004 Naval Institute Press

Reseñas de la Crítica

"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)

she's new light on that battle.

I thought I knew history but looking at the battle from both view points was an eye opening experience. Was like a movie for my ears

Great Classic!

Very intriguing. Want to learn more about the war in the Pacific.

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Fantastic book. If you like ww2 stuff! dload this. takes about half an hour to warm to it then it gets you and you are hooked till the end.

Japan story of Midway

Very good and probing story about a confident Japan and victory desease. They could not believe that there plan was not going the way they laid it out. Naration was very good and a must read for people who love pacific world war II history.

Japanese perspective and reflection

This was an easy listen and read if you have the soft back. I enjoyed the authors take on what it was like from the enemy side. Also, his after action analysis of the Japanese culture and thinking of the time is very interesting.