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5.0 von 5 Sternen Endlich eine zusammenfassende japanische Darstellung..., 26. Mai 2001

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Ja, lesenswert. Zu vieles, was man heute �ber Midway, �ber den gesamten pazifischen Kriegsschauplatz des 2. Weltkrieges lesen kann, stammt von US-Autoren. Hier kann man kurz, offen und ohne etwas zu besch�nigen,d ie Geschichte der Schlacht von Midway aus japanischer Sicht von Teilnehmern geschildert nachvollziehen. Ich w�nschte mir, f�r dieses Buch w�rde sich ein �BERSETZER und Verleger finden...

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5.0 von 5 Sternen Fuchida's Mission, 15. Juli 2000

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Commander Fuchida Mitsuo, leader of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, along with co-author Okumiya Masatake, provide the most intimate Japanese account of the turning point at sea of World War II. Discussion of "victory" disease which lead to faulty dispositions and assumptions about what America would do rather than what she could do perceptively explains the disaster which the Nihon Kaigon (Imperial Japanese Navy ) experienced. The Kido Butai (First Striking Force) was destroyed as a unit at Midway, but Japanese naval airpower was not critically hurt until the Battle of Santa Cruz. This book is an absolute must for any student of the Pacific War. Even after 40 plus years, it has yet to be surpassed.

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4.0 von 5 Sternen Gripping account of the day the IJN died..., 23. Mai 2000

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The author actually covers much wider ground than his title suggests - before proceeding to Midway he gives a detailed account of the campaigns leading up to it, starting before Pearl Harbor. This is interesting reading in itself.

His orders of battle are useful too, including the revelation that the carrier Soryu had 2 Judies aboard as fast recons, which I hadn't heard before. This is the kind of detail I like. The IJN lost 47% of its aircraft carrier tonnage at Midway, which makes it the Trafalgar of the carrier age. Fuchida still feels the pain. Definitely a recommended read, and it's well translated too.

One of Fuchida's less perceptive comments does rather stick in my mind. Writing in around 1950, he comments that his country has been completely laid low by military defeat, and he is deeply pessimistic about Japan's prospects in a world dominated by the huge economic muscle of the victors. The Japanese are, after all, he muses, a nation of craftsmen and artisans - they'll never get the hang of this massive-industrial-output lark!

Yeah, right! -- but fortunately his naval analysis skills are miles better than his futurology!