SHATTERED SWORD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
Written by Jonathan B. Parshall, Anthony P. Tully
Published by Potomac Books, Inc.
in 2005
ISBN: 1574889230
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Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Departure
- 2 Genesis of a Battle
- 3 Plans
- 4 Ill Omens
- 5 Transit
- 6 Fog and Final Preparations
- 7 Morning Attack - 0430-0600
- 8 A Lull before the Storm - 0600-0700
- 9 The Enemy Revealed - 0700-0800
- 10 Trading Blows - 0800-0917
- 11 Fatal Complications - 0917-1020
- 12 A Fallacious Five Minutes - 1020-1025
- 13 The Iron Fist - 1020-1030
- 14 Fire and Death - 1030-1100
- 15 Up the Steel Steps - 1100-1200
- 16 Japanese Counterstrikes - 1200-1400
- 17 Last Gasp - 1400-1800
- 18 Scuttlings - 1800-Dawn, 5 June
- 19 Retreat
- 20 And Death to the Cripples
- 21 A Bitter Homecoming
- 22 Why Did Japan Lose?
- 23 Assessing the Battle's Importance
- 24 The Myths and Mythmakers of Midway
- Glossary
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors