Lord, Walter

Incredible Victory by Walter Lord - New York Harper & Row 1967 - 331 p.

Includes Index




A single stroke --
The code and the target --
Ready --
"Many planes heading Midway" --
"Hawks at Angels 12" --
The target attacks --
"Pilots, man your planes!" --
"Don't let this carrier escape" --
Dead in the water --
Abandon ship --
The Emperor's portrait --
Winners and losers --
Home again --
The riddles of Midway.

The crucial World War II Battle of Midway is stirringly re-created from both the American and Japanese points of view.

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