The Battle of Midway
Posted on Friday 1st June 2012





Further Reading
Midway: Dauntless Victory
(Hardback - 358 pages)
ISBN: 9781844155835
by Peter C Smith
Only £30.00
This is an in-depth study of the Battle of Midway that reviews the many previous accounts and compares their accuracy and veracity with fresh documentation that has been released recently, including some new material on the post-war analysis made by a select committee. There are new viewpoints on the muddle among the US Admirals; the total failure of the USAAF, despite elaborate claims; views on a whitewash of Admiral Fletcher and others; fresh thinking on the part played by the US Navy Dauntless dive-bombers in the action; the mystery of…
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