TY - BOOK AU - Symonds,Craig L. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The Battle of Midway T2 - Pivotal moments in American history AV - D774.M5 S93 2011eb U1 - 940.54/26699 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Midway, Battle of, 1942 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Naval operations, American KW - Naval operations, Japanese KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; CinCPac -- The Kid�o butai -- The brownshoe navy -- American counterstrike -- Seeking the decisive battle -- Pete and Jimmy -- The codebreakers -- The Battle of the Coral Sea -- The eve of battle -- Opening act -- Nagumo's dilemma (4:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.) -- The flight to nowhere (7:00 A.M. to 11:20 A.M.) -- Attack of the torpedo squadrons (8:30 A.M. to 10:20 A.M.) -- The tipping point (7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.) -- The Japanese counterstrike (11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.) -- D�enouement -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: American and Japanese aircraft carriers -- Appendix B: American and Japanese aircraft -- Appendix C: American order of battle -- Appendix D: Japanese order of battle -- Appendix E: How much did the U.S. know of Japanese plans? -- Appendix F: The flight to nowhere; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10501026 ER -