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Michael's Reviews > Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway
Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway
by Walter Lord
by Walter Lord
Michael's review
bookshelves: own-it, read-in-2009, reviewed
May 04, 09
bookshelves: own-it, read-in-2009, reviewed
Recommended to Michael by:
own it.
Recommended for:
history fans, fans of WWII.
Read in May, 2009, read count: 2
A fine detailing of a turning point in WWII. The narrative descriptions are so well done it's as if Walter Cronkite had returned to TV for another episode of You Are There.
The history is told from both the U.S. and Japanese point of view while the author gives meaning to what the struggle means to the people of both countries. It also reveals the heroism of so many young fighter pilots who attacked the Japanese fleet with outdated airoplanes while the surperor Japanese zeros outmanuvered and shot so many down.
It gives a feel of pride to see how the bravery and determination of the U.S. fliers resulted in the final victory.
The history is told from both the U.S. and Japanese point of view while the author gives meaning to what the struggle means to the people of both countries. It also reveals the heroism of so many young fighter pilots who attacked the Japanese fleet with outdated airoplanes while the surperor Japanese zeros outmanuvered and shot so many down.
It gives a feel of pride to see how the bravery and determination of the U.S. fliers resulted in the final victory.
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Reading Progress
| 05/02/2009 | page 22 |
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6.25% | |
| 05/03/2009 | page 66 |
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18.75% | "The Japanese armada had 11 battleships, 8 carriers, 23 cruisers, 65 destroyers, some 190 ships set out with over 100,000 men." |
| 05/03/2009 | page 176 |
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50.0% | "U.S. dive bombers have caused havoc on three of the Japanese carriers but Japanese aircraft are following U.S. planes back to the Yorktown." |
