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The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle
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Mark Stille
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Bloomsbury presents Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle by Mark Stille, read by John Chancer.
A detailed re-examination of Midway, one of the most significant battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
In April 1942, the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the zenith of its power. It had struck a severe blow against the US Navy at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, before spearheading the Japanese advance through Southeast Asia and rampaging across the South Pacific. Only a few months later, in June 1942, the US Navy managed to inflict a decisive defeat on this mighty force off Midway Atoll and the strategic initiative in the Pacific Theater passed to the US Navy.
Midway is the most famous naval battle of the Pacific War, and one of the most mythologized. The traditional view of the battle, popularized in its immediate aftermath and surviving through to the present day, is of a heavily outnumbered American force snatching victory in the face of overwhelming odds. This view is simplistic and, in many respects, wrong.
Pacific War expert Mark Stille provides a detailed analysis of this pivotal battle, and argues that Midway was neither a miraculous American victory, nor a product of good fortune, but that the plans, personalities, doctrines, ships and weapons of the two sides meant that a Japanese defeat was the more likely outcome. This new study provides an unparalleled level of insight and thorough analysis into one of the decisive moments of the Pacific War.
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In late 1944, as a precursor to the invasion of the Philippines, U.S. military analysts decided to seize the small island of Peleliu to ensure that the Japanese airfield there could not threaten the invasion forces. This important new book explores the dramatic story of this ‘forgotten’ battle and the campaign’s strategic failings. Bitter Peleliu reveals how U.S. intelligence officers failed to detect the complex network of caves, tunnels, and pillboxes hidden inside the island’s coral ridges.
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- De Chad Howard en 01-27-25
De: Joseph Wheelan
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Destroyer Captain
- The Life of Ernest E. Evans (American War Heroes)
- De: James D. Hornfischer, David J. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Lou Del Bianco, David J. Hornfischer
- Duración: 8 h
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For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, “the dean of World War II naval history," writing with his son David J. Hornfischer, explores Capt. E. Evans’s incredible story, from his humble upbringing as a child of a Cherokee and Creek family in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, to his service on fighting ships during the Pacific War and his selfless bravery and cool command during a valiant faceoff with the pride of the Japanese Navy.
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Fantastic!
- De Mark Mears en 09-02-24
De: James D. Hornfischer, y otros
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The Quiet Warrior
- A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
- De: Thomas B. Buell
- Narrado por: Chris Monteiro
- Duración: 18 h y 42 m
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Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make "good copy" for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure.
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You Shouldn't Meet Your Heroes
- De D. Baker en 05-29-25
De: Thomas B. Buell
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Blazing Star, Setting Sun
- The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942-March 1943
- De: Jeffrey Cox
- Narrado por: Lance C Fuller
- Duración: 24 h y 58 m
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By the end of February 1944, thanks to hard-fought and costly American victories in the first and second naval battles of Guadalcanal, the battle of Empress Augusta Bay and the battle of Cape St George, the Japanese would no longer hold the materiel or skilled manpower advantage. From this point on, although the war was still a long way from being won, the American star was unquestionably on the ascendant, slowly, but surely, edging Japanese imperialism towards its sunset.
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Narrator Ruined the Book
- De Duncan en 08-20-20
De: Jeffrey Cox
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Dark Waters, Starry Skies
- The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943
- De: Jeffrey Cox
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 31 h y 15 m
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Thousands of miles from friendly ports, the US Navy had finally managed to complete the capture of Guadalcanal from the Japanese in early 1943. Now the Allies sought to keep the offensive momentum won at such a high cost. This is the central plotline running through this page-turning history beginning with the Japanese Operation I-Go and the American ambush of Admiral Yamamoto and continuing on to the Allied invasion of New Georgia, northwest of Guadalcanal in the middle of the Solomon Islands and the location of a major Japanese base.
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great but way too much alliteration...
- De Greg en 06-16-23
De: Jeffrey Cox
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Shattered Sword
- The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
- De: Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 24 h y 44 m
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Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's best-selling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources. It also corrects the many errors of Mitsuo Fuchida's Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan It thus forces a major, potentially controversial reevaluation of the great battle.
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Shattered Myths - These authors got it right?
- De Ol'BlueEyes en 05-13-19
De: Jonathan Parshall, y otros
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Pacific Thunder
- The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944
- De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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On 27 October 1942, four "Long Lance" torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo exploded in the hull of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8). Minutes later, the ship that had launched the Doolitte Raid six months earlier slipped beneath the waves of the Coral Sea 100 miles northeast of the island of Guadalcanal and just north of the Santa Cruz Islands, taking with her 140 of her sailors. With the loss of Hornet, the United States Navy now had one aircraft carrier left in the South Pacific.
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Good for what it is, but not what it claims to be
- De David Maher en 12-18-17
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America's Few
- Marine Aces of the South Pacific
- De: Bill Yenne
- Narrado por: Geoff Sugiyama
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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America's Few delves into the history of US Marine Corps aviation in World War II, following the feats of the Corps’ top-scoring aces in the skies over Guadalcanal. Marine Corps aviation began in 1915, functioning as a self-contained expeditionary force. During the interwar period, the support of USMC amphibious operations became a key element of Marine aviation doctrine, and the small force gradually grew. But in December 1941 came the rude awakening. Within hours of Pearl Harbor, heroic Marine aviators were battling the Japanese over Wake Island.
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a very enjoyable listen, overall
- De Carol Domme en 02-10-22
De: Bill Yenne
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World War 2 in the Pacific Collection: Across Wake Island, Bataan, Guadalcanal, Corregidor, and Iwo Jima
- Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific, The Saga of Pappy Gunn, On Valor's Side, The Coastwatchers, They Call it Pacific, Joe Foss Flying Marine, South from Corregidor, The Story of Wake Island, & Mission Beyond Darkness
- De: Robert Lackie, General George C. Kenney, T. Grady Gallant, y otros
- Narrado por: Museum Audiobooks Cast
- Duración: 66 h y 14 m
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This is a nine-book bundle on the Pacific War, the theatre of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and Oceania. The Pacific War saw the Allies pitted against Japan, aided by Thailand and its Axis allies, Germany and Italy. Fighting included some of the largest naval battles in history, and the war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Good collection, great bargain well worth a credit
- De R. Denton en 08-13-21
De: Robert Lackie, y otros
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Midway
- The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story
- De: Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya
- Narrado por: Terence Aselford
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
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This landmark study was first published in English by the Naval Institute in 1955. Widely acknowledged for its valuable Japanese insights into the battle that turned the tide of war in the Pacific, the book has made a great impact on American readers over the years. Two Japanese naval aviators who participated in the operation provide an unsparing analysis of what caused Japan's staggering defeat.
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Edge of your seat history
- De Amazon Customer en 11-16-04
De: Mitsuo Fuchida, y otros
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Rising Sun, Falling Skies
- The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II
- De: Jeffrey Cox
- Narrado por: Theodore O'Brien
- Duración: 22 h y 49 m
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Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. After the devastating attack, Japanese forces continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore, and taking resource-rich islands in the Pacific - Borneo, Sumatra, and Java - in their own blitzkrieg offensive. Allied losses in these early months after America's entry into the war were great, and among the most devastating were those suffered during the Java Sea Campaign.
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The first months of the war were frightening.
- De michael s en 10-07-22
De: Jeffrey Cox
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The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War
- De: Mark E. Stille
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This was a remarkable turnaround for a navy that only began to modernize in 1868. The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific and examines the principles on which they were designed, how they were armed, when and where they were deployed, and how effective they were in battle.
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Great Technical Reference
- De Dale H. Reeck en 06-09-18
De: Mark E. Stille
What bothers me with this book and many other new books on history is the feeling of the need for authors to share their opinions and in many cases present them as ultimate truth or the correct one… give us the facts, I can form my own opinions thank you very much…. On most points of him giving his opinion then he proceeds to give you the facts on why his opinion is incorrect
The need to insult Yamato on every new book is ridiculous, he handed the USA it is biggest military blow in history, get over it already and leave the man alone…
Always downplaying midway, it was decisive please getting into you mind, for a hundred reasons but I will point out a couple… the whole idea of the Japanese island defensive perimeter was to set up a perimeter as far away from the home islands that when the American counter offensive came, every one knew it was coming, they could response with their carrier force and attack an invasion fleet that is tied down to slow transports and repel it with heavy loses, it was a good plan… what happened after midway? They lost four fleet carriers….. the aircrews were mostly saved? They just didn’t have carriers to deploy them…. So soon because of the damage done to the carrier force here comes Guadalcanal the USA counter offensive starts, no carriers to launch the defensive plan, but they still had the aircrews! Ok how can you use them? Send them in ridiculous long range missions where they can only dogfight for 5 minutes…. Expend the finest dive bomber pilots in the world in missions that exceed their range, and still they almost caught the troop transports defenseless… only the fear of loosing more capital ships like in midway made them turn back… when they could finally put the home islands defense plan in motion was at the battle of the Philippine sea… where the ijn even correctly used their range advantage, managed to hit first but all their crew are inexperienced because of Guadalcanal that happened because midway and their aircraft can’t hit anything but the ocean… yes midway was decisive, everything came down like dominoes after that
Author says that there was no way midway could have another outcome yet he mentions how decisions on the spot by 2 or 3 different individuals changed the outcome of the battle, example the change of route by the dive bombers
The number of things that had to happen to have the USA defeat the cream of the ijn was incredible….. not the ijna, they never had a fighting chance because of idiotic superior decisions…. Attacking midway was a bad idea… was it? All of midways air power was expended by the end of the battle and they achieved not a single hit, the only useful were the catalinas….
3 carriers out and the lone one still giving them a run for their money vs 1 island fortress and 3 carriers, imagine if the first wave only managed to disable two carriers or one….
Whole American strike forces finding nothing but empty oceans… who ever says midway was not decisive and surprising victory is crazy, and it is a disgrace, nothing but disrespectful to those who pulled it off and the Japanese that lost, sorry but it is true… yes the industrial capacity would eventually overwhelm the Japanese, but experience is not grown at factories, usn learnt a lot at midway, imagine a defeat at midway, worst case scenario, all carriers lost many senior officers killed, all the experience not gain, imagine the Philippines sea battle with green American carrier crews and battle hardened Japanese crews, using their range advantage managing to deal the first blow, and this time actually hitting something
What doomed the Japanese at the end, was the lack of respect for human life even their own, sending crews to their dead with out any intentions of gaining any goals is ridiculous, if they would have let go of Guadalcanal and preserve their navy crews for another more manageable battle, only if
I could go on but in resume, good book just keep the opinions down a bit
Authors need to leave personal opinions out of history books
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This presentation was so full of detail that it was almost impossible to really follow the big picture. That haven’t been said it was pretty darn interesting.
Too much detail
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