[bert]

The standard for historical accuracy is "Shattered Sword " by Jonathan Parshall. The book describes the battle in minute by minute detail derived from sources simply not available earlier. Shattered Sword is the description of the Japanese Navy before the battle.

The movie MidWay is based mostly on battle accounts written by the Japanese officer Lt Cdr Fuchida. The old movie repeats the fiction Fuchida created to justify the defeat.

I have watched the old movie so many times, my wife can quote lines. I'll have to go see this one

[rlmorel]

Great book. I had trouble getting it from my Library, because it wasn’t on audiobook and I didn’t want to buy it and not read it (I have problems reading...my eyes can’t do it well)

But they finally had one, and the audiobook came out...eventually paperback which made it affordable.

Great book. The Aleutians were no feint...:). (I’m sold on that)