1942 : crux of war / Jonathan Parshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parshall, Jonathan B., 1962- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

chronologies (lists)

Chronologies.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 1248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Other Title:

One thousand nine hundred forty two

Nineteen forty two

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"The bomb itself was not particularly large-250 kilograms-yet large enough to start a war. Grey as winter twilight, it was clutched under the plane of Lieutenant Sakamoto Akira, the carrier Zuikaku's dive-bomber commander. At precisely 0745, 7 December 1941, Sakamoto led his flock of dark-green sea eagles stooping down into their dives on Oahu Island's Wheeler Field.1 American pilots, mechanics, and administrative personnel stumbled out of their barracks and mess halls into a deafening hell of explosions, screaming aircraft, staccato strafing, and the cries of wounded and dying men. Plenty of U.S. servicemen had suspected war was coming with Japan; none of them expected to be where it started"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Parshall, Jonathan 1942

ISBN:

9780197848371

0197848370

OCLC:

1570483234

Publisher Number:

90104473609