Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
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
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Appendix 1: List of Personnel
Appendix 2: Japanese Order of Battle
Appendix 3: The Carriers of Kido Butai
Appendix 4: The Aircraft of Kido Butai
Appendix 5: Japanese Amphibious Operations against Midway—An Analysis
Appendix 6: Discovery of Carrier Kaga
Appendix 7: Japanese Aircraft Tail Codes at the Battle of Midway
Appendix 8: Japanese Radar at Midway
Appendix 9: Chronology of Japanese Fighter Operations
Appendix 10: Japanese Strike Rosters, Operations MI and AL
Appendix 11: Aleutians Force Distributions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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