WW II Battle of Midway Navy & Marine Corps Aviation Carrier Battle History Book For Sale

TheBattle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WorldWar II that took place between 4 and 7 June 1942, six months after Japan\'sattack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. TheUnited States Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, andRaymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navyunder Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō near MidwayAtoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that provedirreparable. Military historian John Keegan called it \"the most stunningand decisive blow in the history of naval warfare\", while naval historianCraig Symonds called it \"one of the most consequential naval engagementsin world history, ranking alongside Salamis, Trafalgar, and Tsushima Strait, asboth tactically decisive and strategically influential\"

This reprinted book is 8 1/2 x 11staple bound with 75 pages.