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About Craig L. Symonds
See more books from this AuthorThe Battle of Midway was decided in a five-minute span on the morning of June 4, 1942, when U.S. Navy dive-bombers landed a series of haymakers on Japan's formerly invincible aircraft-carrier striking force.
Nov 05 2011 | Read Full Review of The Battle of Midway (Pivotal...Yet, when the long, drawn-out battle between the USS Nautilus and the Japanese destroyer Arashi, ended in a draw, Arashi headed at high speed directly for the Kido Butai main body churning a giant wake.
Nov 09 2011 | Read Full Review of The Battle of Midway (Pivotal...The author's account of the battle itself is masterful, weaving together the many disparate threads of attack--attacks which failed in the early going--that ultimately created a five-minute window in which three of the four Japanese carriers were mortally wounded, changing the course of the Pacif...
Nov 06 2011 | Read Full Review of The Battle of Midway (Pivotal...The June 1942 Battle of Midway was one of the most consequential engagements of World War II.
Mar 01 2012 | Read Full Review of The Battle of Midway (Pivotal...An aggregated and normalized score based on 178 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes