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The Last Kamikaze
The Story of Admiral Matome Ugaki
Taschenbuch von Edwin Hoyt
Sprache: Englisch

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This is the story of a man and a Navy--Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki and the Imperial Japanese Navy. By 1945 the Imperial Navy was physically destroyed and Admiral Ugaki was given the task of defending the Japanese homeland against attack, and he sent hundreds of kamikazes against the American naval forces operating around Okinawa. After Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender on August 15, Ugaki stripped off his insignia of rank, climbed into a torpedo bomber, and flew to Okinawa, where he intended to crash into an American ship. But like so many of the other kamikazes, his mission was fruitless, his plane was shot down by American nightfighters. But Admiral Ugaki died, as he has promised to do, in the fashion of the thousands of young men he had sent to their deaths.

Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki was the only high official of the Imperial Japanese Navy to have left a significant record, in the form of a diary started during the preparations for the China Incident, and kept throughout the war--from the planning phase of 1940, through the Pearl Harbor attack, and up until Japan's surrender. Hoyt draws on the diary and numerous other accounts by admirals and historians to create a picture of a Japanese Navy that began in a position of strength but was eventually destroyed by powerful Allied forces, shattering Japan's drive for conquest.
This is the story of a man and a Navy--Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki and the Imperial Japanese Navy. By 1945 the Imperial Navy was physically destroyed and Admiral Ugaki was given the task of defending the Japanese homeland against attack, and he sent hundreds of kamikazes against the American naval forces operating around Okinawa. After Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender on August 15, Ugaki stripped off his insignia of rank, climbed into a torpedo bomber, and flew to Okinawa, where he intended to crash into an American ship. But like so many of the other kamikazes, his mission was fruitless, his plane was shot down by American nightfighters. But Admiral Ugaki died, as he has promised to do, in the fashion of the thousands of young men he had sent to their deaths.

Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki was the only high official of the Imperial Japanese Navy to have left a significant record, in the form of a diary started during the preparations for the China Incident, and kept throughout the war--from the planning phase of 1940, through the Pearl Harbor attack, and up until Japan's surrender. Hoyt draws on the diary and numerous other accounts by admirals and historians to create a picture of a Japanese Navy that began in a position of strength but was eventually destroyed by powerful Allied forces, shattering Japan's drive for conquest.
Über den Autor
EDWIN P. HOYT is an independent historian. He is the author of more than 150 books, mostly in the area of military history, including The Last Kamikaze (Praeger, 1993) and Hirohito (Praeger, 1992). Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Hoyt turned his attention to journalism after service in the Pacific theater during World War II. He has written for the Denver Post, Collier's Magazine, and American Heritage, as well as for CBS news.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Preparing for Pearl Harbor
Preparing the Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Victories
In the Coral Sea
The Battle of Midway
Starting Over
Guadalcanal Disaster
Turning Point: Guadalcanal
The Illusion of Air Power
The Death of an Admiral
Seeking the Decisive Battle
The End of Power
The Fifth Air Fleet
The Hope That Failed
Falling Like Cherry Blossoms into the Sea
Operation Ten Go
The Long Summer
The Last Kamikaze
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 264
ISBN-13: 9780313360657
ISBN-10: 0313360650
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hoyt, Edwin
Hersteller: Praeger
Maße: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Edwin Hoyt
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.01.1993
Gewicht: 0,406 kg
preigu-id: 108258924
Über den Autor
EDWIN P. HOYT is an independent historian. He is the author of more than 150 books, mostly in the area of military history, including The Last Kamikaze (Praeger, 1993) and Hirohito (Praeger, 1992). Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Hoyt turned his attention to journalism after service in the Pacific theater during World War II. He has written for the Denver Post, Collier's Magazine, and American Heritage, as well as for CBS news.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Preparing for Pearl Harbor
Preparing the Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Victories
In the Coral Sea
The Battle of Midway
Starting Over
Guadalcanal Disaster
Turning Point: Guadalcanal
The Illusion of Air Power
The Death of an Admiral
Seeking the Decisive Battle
The End of Power
The Fifth Air Fleet
The Hope That Failed
Falling Like Cherry Blossoms into the Sea
Operation Ten Go
The Long Summer
The Last Kamikaze
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 264
ISBN-13: 9780313360657
ISBN-10: 0313360650
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hoyt, Edwin
Hersteller: Praeger
Maße: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Edwin Hoyt
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.01.1993
Gewicht: 0,406 kg
preigu-id: 108258924
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