Fascinating look from the Japanese side at Pearl Harbor and the Battle
of Midway Fully authorized account including contemporary interviews
with those that flew with Lt. Cdr. Egusa Lieutenant Commander
Takashige Egusa was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's most skillful
and influential dive-bomber pilots. He led an attack force against
Pearl Harbor, calmly circling his special flame-red Aichi dive bomber
before selecting his target. Assaults on the deadly gun batteries of
Wake Island followed, as well as air support for the invasion of
Ambon. Badly burned at Midway, Egusa returned to duty, only to be
killed on his final mission. As one Japanese officer said, "He was the
'God of Dive-Bombing.'" Fully placed in historical context and backed
by a wealth of detail from archives, family records, photographs, and
memories of contemporaries, the full story of Egusa's bravery,
leadership qualities, and illustrious career comes to life.
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ISBN
9781461750987
Publisert
2016
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Vendor
Stackpole Books (NBN)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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