Book contents
- Yukikaze’s War
- Yukikaze’s War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Sources
- Chapter 1 Divine Ships of a Bluewater Navy
- Chapter 2 Torpedoes, Destroyers, and Samurai of the Seas
- Chapter 3 Oil Empire and Japan’s Southern Advance
- Chapter 4 Conquest of the South Seas
- Chapter 5 Escorting Catastrophe at Midway
- Chapter 6 Barroom Brawl at Guadalcanal
- Chapter 7 Defending the Solomon Sea and Bismarck Barrier
- Chapter 8 The Mariana Islands and the Collapse of Japan’s Defensive Sphere
- Chapter 9 The Leyte Theater
- Chapter 10 Dangerous Homewaters and Shinano Destroyed
- Chapter 11 Yamato and the Specter of History
- Chapter 12 Surrender and the Enduring Dangers of Yukikaze’s Haunt
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 5 - Escorting Catastrophe at Midway
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2024
- Yukikaze’s War
- Yukikaze’s War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Sources
- Chapter 1 Divine Ships of a Bluewater Navy
- Chapter 2 Torpedoes, Destroyers, and Samurai of the Seas
- Chapter 3 Oil Empire and Japan’s Southern Advance
- Chapter 4 Conquest of the South Seas
- Chapter 5 Escorting Catastrophe at Midway
- Chapter 6 Barroom Brawl at Guadalcanal
- Chapter 7 Defending the Solomon Sea and Bismarck Barrier
- Chapter 8 The Mariana Islands and the Collapse of Japan’s Defensive Sphere
- Chapter 9 The Leyte Theater
- Chapter 10 Dangerous Homewaters and Shinano Destroyed
- Chapter 11 Yamato and the Specter of History
- Chapter 12 Surrender and the Enduring Dangers of Yukikaze’s Haunt
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 explores the Battle of Midway from the perspective of Yukikaze and the Imperial Army landing forces that converged on the Midway Atoll from the south. The U.S. Navy sunk four carriers at Midway, which refocused Japanese efforts around Guadalcanal.
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- Yukikaze's WarThe Unsinkable Japanese Destroyer and World War II in the Pacific, pp. 82 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024