Author:
Grehan, John, author.
ImprintBarnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA : Frontline Books, an imprint fo Pen & Sword Books Ltd. 2019.
Descriptionxxviii, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:3 June 1942 -- First contact -- 4 June 1942 -- Bombs fall on Midway -- Attacking the Japanese fleet -- The Japanese hit Yorktown -- The torpedo bombers strike -- 5 June 1942 -- Operation MI cancelled -- 6 June 1942 -- Last shots -- 7 June 1942 -- The end of USS Yorktown -- After the battle.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:One of the most important battles of the Second World War. The four-day battle resulted in the loss of all four Japanese aircraft carriers, the US losing only one. More than 150 images of the ships and aircraft involved, all of which reveal the course of the battle in a chronological manner.