Requiem for Battleship Yamato /

Yoshida, Mitsuru,

Requiem for Battleship Yamato / Yoshida Mitsuru ; translation and introduction by Richard H. Minear. - 1 online resource - Bluejacket books . - Bluejacket books. .

Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Japanese Names and Terms; Translator's Introduction; Battleships and Battleship Yamato; Photos; Requiem for Battleship Yamato; At Anchor; Leaving Kure Harbor; Waiting; The Night Before the Mission; The Morning of the Sortie; The Operation Commences; Entering Hostile Waters; Morning on the High Seas; The Battle Begins; The Radar Compartment Takes a Bomb; The Fierce Assault: Second Wave; Unrelenting Fierce Assault; A Sudden Turn for the Worse; The Bitter Struggles of Our Escort Ships; A Brief Respite; The Rush to the Kill; Death Agonies. The Breakup of the Task ForceThe Fateful Moment; Last Dispositions; Escape from the Bridge; The Great Whale Sinks; Explosion; Adrift; Rescue; The Remnants of the Task Force; Tales Told by Some of Those Rescued; Safe Return; Some Reflections.

A young ensign on the bridge of the fabled battleship Yamato during her final battle, recounts his experience.


English.

9781612512082 1612512089

C72E484F-6A49-435B-857B-AFDD20247C53 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com


Yoshida, Mitsuru.
Yoshida, Mitsuru


Yamato (Battleship)
Yamato (Battleship)


1939-1945


World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese.
HISTORY--Western.--Europe
Military operations, Naval--Japanese


Personal narratives
Personal narratives--Japanese
Personal narratives.
R�ecits personnels.

D777.5.Y33 / Y7
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