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Title: Midway
Subtitle: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story
Author: Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya
Narrator: Terence Aselford
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-04-03
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 428 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
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.
Critic Reviews:
"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)
