Steven McGregor Brendan Simms The Silver Waterfall (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Silver WaterfallCondition: NewSubtitle: How America Won the War in the Pacific at MidwayISBN-10: 1541701372EAN: 9781541701373ISBN: 9781541701373Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.Format: HardbackRelease Date: 06/02/2022Description: The Battle of Midway was, on paper, an improbable victory for the smaller, less experienced American navy and air force, so much so that it was quickly described as "a miracle." Yet fortune favored the Americans at Midway, and the conventional wisdom has it that the Americans' lucky streak continued as the war in the Pacific turned against the Japanese. This new history demonstrates that luck, let alone miracles, had little to do with it. In The Silver Waterfall, Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor show how the efforts of America's peacetime navy combined with creative innovations made by designers and industrialists were largely responsible for the victory. The Douglas Dauntless Dive Bomber, a uniquely conceived fighting weapon, delivered a brutally accurate attack the Japanese quickly came to dread. Told through a vivid narrative, Simms and McGregor show how the course of the war in the Pacific was dramatically altered, emphasizing the crucial combination of a culture of innovation, a brilliant contribution from immigrants, and a vital intelligence coup that allowed the navy to orchestrate the devastating attack on the Japanese and dominate the Pacific for good.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 238mmItem Length: 154mmItem Width: 32mmItem Weight: 500gAuthor: Steven McGregor, Brendan SimmsGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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