Operation Storm : Japan's top secret submarines and its plan to change the course of World War II / John J. Geoghegan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geoghegan, John J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.

World War, 1939-1945.

Sea control.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese.

Submarine warfare--Japan--History.

Submarine warfare.

History.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xiii, 478 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, 2013.

Summary:

Discusses the top-secret Japanese submarine project in World War II, creating submarines designed to work as underwater aircraft carriers, and the planned attack on U.S. cities that could have changed the outcome of the war.

Contents:

Prologue. Face-off ; The I-401

Preparation. Birth ; Nambu ; Underwater aircraft carriers ; Proof of concept ; Challenges

Complications. Reduction and revival ; Nambu under fire ; Nambu becomes a mole ; Seiran takes flight ; The Panama Canal ; Ariizumi ; Ariizumi under fire

The Segundo (SS 398) ; Decline

Mission. Nambu and the I-401 ; The 631st ; Fulp on patrol ; Kure ; Adversity ; Attacking the Canal ; Green light ; Fulp's last patrol ; Nanao Bay ; The taste of persimmon ; Johnson takes command ; Operation Storm

Race against time. Departure ; Under way ; Crossed wires ; The Emperor's voice ; Anarchy ; Escape ; Interception ; Spoils of war ; Reckoning ; Boarding party ; The tenth war god ; Bittersweet ; Freedom ; The long road home ; Rediscovery.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-460) and index.

ISBN:

9780307464804 :

0307464806

OCLC:

808215938