Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 181 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
030010989X
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0300122640
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0300128312
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1281721913
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9780300109894
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9780300122640
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9780300128314
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9781281721914
Serie:
The Yale library of military history
Inhalt:
The Battle of Midway is considered the greatest U.S. naval victory, but behind the lustre is the devastation of the American torpedo squadrons. Of the 51 planes sent to attack Japanese carriers only 7 returned, and of the 127 aircrew only 29 survived. Not a single torpedo hit its target. A story of avoidable mistakes and flawed planning, The Unknown Battle of Midway reveals the enormous failures that led to the destruction of four torpedo squadrons but were omitted from official naval reports: the planes that ran out of gas, the torpedoes that didn't work, the pilots who had never dropped torpedoes and the breakdown of the attack plan. Alvin Kernan, who was present at the battle, has written a troubling but persuasive analysis of these and other little-publicised aspects of this great battle. The standard navy tactics for carrier warfare are revealed in tragic contrast to the actual conduct of the battle and the after-action reports of the ships and squadrons involved
Inhalt:
""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""1. The Destruction of the American Battle Lineat Pearl Harbor""; ""2. Trading Armor for Speed: The New Battle Line""; ""3. Obsolete ��Devastators�� and Obsolescent ��Wildcats��""; ""4. Duds: The Great American Torpedo Scandal""; ""5. Indians and ��Ringknockers��:Personnel of the Midway Torpedo Squadrons""; ""6. Attack: ��My God, This Is Just LikeWatching a Movie��""; ""7. ��The Best-Laid Schemes o� Mice an� Men Gang Aft Agley��:Command Failures""; ""8. ��Sorry about That��: Survival
Inhalt:
""Appendix 1. Flight Personnel of the Torpedo Squadrons at Midway""""Appendix 2. Chronology of American Torpedo Attacks at Midway""; ""Appendix 3. The Hornet Air Group Course on the Morning of June 4""; ""Appendix 4. Gas Consumption in the TBD""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780300122640
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kernan, Alvin B Unknown Battle of Midway New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005
Sprache:
Englisch
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