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Winner of the caldecott medal, this stunningly illustrated book depicts louis bleriots historic first crosschannel flight. In april 1945, the japanese battleship yamato, the pride of the japanese navy and the largest battleship ever built, left japan on a deliberate suicide attack upon allied forces engaged in the battle of okinawa, with only eight other japanese warships, no overhead air cover, and enough fuel for only one day. The only book to dramatize from both the japanese and allied points of view, the events surrounding this tragic, historic last mission of the biggest battleship ever built in the history of naval warfare. Assembled in intense secrecy at a specially prepared dock to hide her construction, the massive 72,000ton japanese warship was commissioned in december 1941, just over a week after the start of the pacific w. This book is a collection of his works which include the following. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. The kamikaze mission of the battleship yamato, april 1945 by russell spurr newmarket press, 1981, 341 pages. How on earth i killed all that crap you just pulled is beyond me. As you can see, its at least two or three inches thick. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Dec 03, 2018 so we just thought that it was great to see the personification of that in one glorious woman, sandy. This book covers the amazing last patrol of the largest battleship ever built, the japanese monster yamato and her suicidal raid against okinawa in april, 1945.
Interweaved in this narrative are the concurrent events happening in the u. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Told from both japanese and allied points of view, this critically acclaimed world war ii classic documents the tragic final days of the japanese battleship yamato and its doomed last mission. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Were working on a trip to the kaakhem river in siberia next summer with nwrc guide vladimir gavrilov.
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