This is an excellent account but I mostly read it to familiarize myself with the general understanding of Midway up until Shattered Sword (Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully), which I plan to read next. The level of detail is immense: they describe the specific damage to steel frames, watertight doors, decking, etc. Anyway. Since Prange died in 1980 and the McGraw-Hill edition was published in 1982, one may assume it was completed posthumously by Goldstein (who was a professor at Pitt) and Dillon, who is identified as a CWO, USAF (Ret.).

Miracle at Midway | Prange, Gordon W. | ISBN: 9785557086264 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. His latter position enabled him to interview Japanese military and civilian witnesses to World War II immediately after the event. Published Every month our team sort...Here is the definitive history of the battle of Midway, an American victory that marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific during World War II.

Told with the same stylistic flair and attention to detail as the bestselling Here is the definitive history of the battle of Midway, an American victory that marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific during World War II.

I had already read his other book years ago At Dawn We Slept, which is also good.

Naturally, all the books are better than a two hour movie, so much juicy detail has to be left out when you have so short a time. They had even assigned officers to run the Midway airbase after it had been captured (similarly, they assumed that Henderson Field would be overrun during one Guadalcanal offensive and assigned planes to land there).

Paired with “At Dawn We Slept,” foundational.

Some people fall in love. Welcome back. We’d love your help. I was amazed at the lack of successful runs but the overwhelming reports of I got him when the ship wasn’t even touched. by Penguin Books As a young boy in the 1970's I would ask my paw-paw everything I could think of about this war. I love it that it told how the battle of Midway went from both the American and Japanese prospective, as I believe to get the best understanding of history it's important to know how all sides of a battle felt and what they went through.We really owe our liberty, nation, and way of life to the men who fought and died at this battle. I presume (not having done any research) that Prange did the bulk of the work and the other two polished it and perhaps added the interviews in the appendix. Late Gordon W. Prange (and its subsequent writers due to his death) managed to wrote a clear and easy read detail of the prelude to, the actual battle and its aftermath. Key decision makers and the decisions t I have long wanted to read this book and now that we are living in a COVID-19 lock down world, I am taking advantage of the time to dive into Prange’s masterpiece. Naturally, all the books are better than a two hour movie, so much juicy detail has to be left out when you have so short a time. Detailed in the extreme, it feels like a worthy sequel to At Dawn We Slept. If you like dramatic battle journalism, with lots of color and facts and room for interpretation, then dive into the battle of Midway. I always knew "The Battle of Midway" was the turning point of the theatre of the Pacific War; however, after reading this well documented book, by both opponent's records, diaries, Having developed a dear fellowship with a Navy Pearl Harbor and WWII surviving veteran, ministering in the nursing home, myself a Marine veteran, grandson of a WWII Normandy D-Day soldier, I have always loved WWII history. Prange considers that the Japanese plan was flawed from the beginning, that it never had the careful planning that went into the Pearl Harbor attack, that even the war games were rigged so that the Japanese won.

Still, even with this advantage, a certain amount of luck was required as the JaProbably the definitive account of the Battle of Midway, told from the perspective of both sides. After my binges on Civil War and Native American war skirmishes, and the various WWII battles in Europe, it is safe to say that both Midway and Pearl Harbor books are rich with strategy and battle descriptions, illustrating the place that luck, planning, technology and bravery play in these great moments in history. Professor Prange continued to teach at the University of Maryland until several months before his death on May 15, 1980. Amazing. The materials arrived at the University in 1950. Takes you into the decision making process, the action and the after action reports with great clarity. I had already read his other book years ago At Dawn We Slept, which is also good.
They brought the sense of realism to the forefront. Anyway. Gives credit and blame equally and tells the reader just how lucky the U.S. was ay Midway.



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