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File Size: 4601 KB
Print Length: 464 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (October 5, 2011)
Publication Date: October 5, 2011
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B005G05WDO
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Mr. Symonds has written a brilliant, scholarly, readable book on the battle that changed the war in the Pacific. it deserves to sit alongside Lords, Pranges and any other. Well written, it covers all aspects of the battle without taking sides and is difficult to put down.
"There (at the rendezvous 'Point Luck'), the American carriers would be on the flank of the Kido Butai as it approached. Ironically, it was very near the spot where the Japanese commander of the Red Team during the shipboard War Games at Hashirajima had put them, and where (the games' chief judge) Rear Admiral Ugaki Matome had insisted they could never be." - from THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY"In hindsight, it is evident that the course of the war - and with it the course of history - had tilted on the fulcrum of the Battle of Midway." - from THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY"Were we better than the Japanese, or just luckier?" - Admiral Chester Nimitz (Henry Fonda), at the conclusion of the 1976 film MidwayIn some ways, the book's title THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY by Craig Symonds is a little misleading as the Pacific Ocean carrier battle of June 1942 under examination doesn't seriously begin until page 218, well more than halfway through the volume's narrative text. But make no mistake, it's the backstory occupying the first couple hundred pages that makes the whole a superlative work of military history. Now I feel I have as complete an understanding of the battle and what led up to it as a casual student of World War II could hope to have.The book (necessarily) begins with the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Kido Butai, the Japanese Navy's mobile carrier force commanded by Admiral Yamamoto, i.e. the effect this attack had on the fighting assets subsequently available to the U.S. Navy. Moving on in examining the next six months leading to the Midway confrontation, Symonds considers the nature and strategic bent of the two opposing navies, their commanders, their ships and planes, the men that flew the latter, and the preliminary skirmishes (if they can be called such): the American carrier raids on the Marshalls and Gilberts islands in February 1942 and the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942.Once the main act gets underway and evolves to a conclusion that was remarkably different than what the Japanese planners had envisioned, the reader can perhaps not but be struck by the apparent triviality of circumstances which were key to the outcome of the battle, e.g. the delayed take-off of a Japanese scout plane and the wake generated by a Japanese destroyer as it proceeded at flank speed to catch up with its task force; that old saw about the loss of a horseshoe nail to the survival of a kingdom comes to mind.The maneuvers of opposing armies across a landscape relative to rivers, towns, hills, or enemy entrenchments are simple to describe and map compared to ship and plane movements across a featureless ocean. One of the strengths of the BATTLE OF MIDWAY narrative is the author's skill at doing just that. At no time was I confused. The thirteen included maps are clearly rendered and invaluable.There were two other aspects of the chronicle that stood out for me, though I doubt that effect was intended by Symonds. One was the complete ineptitude of the commander of the U.S.S. Hornet's air group; one wonders how he continued up the promotion ladder to vice-admiral as his career progressed. Really? The second was the casual and appalling brutality inflicted on a few downed American pilots fished out of the sea by the Japanese, e.g. in one instance, two airmen, after being interrogated by their captors, had weights tied to their legs and they were tossed back into the ocean.Was the outcome of the Battle of Midway based on better luck or abilities? For me, it came down to the former. But good luck is a part of life (or not), and if it gets me home safe at the end of the day, I'll take it.THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY is a must-read for anyone interested in the Pacific War of World War II.
Symonds did his homework, turning history over with the spade of research and revealing a treasure trove of priceless information in the background leading up to this catastrophe for the Imperial Japanese Navy.One has to really wonder about Yamamoto after reading this book. To me, he shares as much blame as Nagumo, after reading this expertly written and cited book.Notwithstanding the fact that we had their code, we attacked with suicidal fanaticism. Spruance was mortified he had only three remaining torpedo bombers left at the end.Others things, too - I had thought the Japanese had at least SOME type of radar - wrong answer!Such a good book - I only wish it could continue forever.
This account of the turning point battle of WW 2 in the Pacific offers a good overview of the battle, including the factors that led to its occurrence. It provides a good account of both sides, a major component of any good military history. The narrative offers an interesting study of the major commanders, their fleets and the circumstances leading to the encounter. As far as I can tell, its timeline of events is accurate, a major factor considering that the battle was fought across the International Date Line. This fact has often led to confusion in other accounts of the action. It also explores one of the major questions that arose from the battle, I.e. why the USS Hornet's strike against the Japanese carrier strike force was sent on an incorrect heading. Only its torpedo squadron was able to find it and only because its leader broke away from the fighters and dive bombers on his own initiative and found the Japanese carriers. This book is a worthy companion to "Miracle at Midway." Anyone interested in the Pacific War will find both these books informative and engrossing.
This is the American version of the most important battle of the pacific war against Japan. It is a well told story that will make one cringe at the almost criminal negligence of sending young men to die in torpedo planes not fit for the service in which they were employed and dropping faulty torpedoes that did no damage to the Japanese. There were hardly any survivors of the torpedo squadrons sent out. Thank heavens for the dive bombers that sank the four Japanese carriers that won the battle for the Americans.This book should be read first and then Shattered Sword, the Japanese account of the battle.
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