TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barker,A.J.
TI  - Midway
SN  - 0883655454
AV  - D774.M5 B24
PY  - 1981///
CY  - New York
PB  - Galahad Books
KW  - Midway, Battle of, 1942
KW  - Bataille de Midway, 1942
KW  - Midway Islands
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes index; A Bison book; Prologue -- Plans and preparations -- First strikes -- Disaster for Nagumo -- The end of the Yorktown and Hiryu -- Yamamoto's reaction -- Retreat
N2  - The decisive turning point in the whole Pacific War was the Battle of Midway, fought in early June 1942. Although it now seems inevitable that the Americans would turn back the Japanese tide of victory, it did not seem so at the time. The United States and its allies had suffered a series of setbacks which forced the American to defend Hawaii at Midway with only three aircraft carriers, one of which, Yorktown, had recently undergone extensive repairs after the battering she took at the Battle of the Coral Sea one month earlier
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