Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor

Dick Lehr

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Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2020

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The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as"Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan'slarger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius whohad devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. ?AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL.? At7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Centertyped what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history, asthe Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii.In a little over two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, propelling theU.S.?s entry into World War II.Dead Reckoning is the epic true story of the high-stakes operation undertakensixteen months later to avenge that deadly strike ? a longshot mission hatchedhastily at the U.S. base on Guadalcanal. Expertly crafting this "hunt forBin Laden"-style WWII story, NewYork Times bestselling author Dick Lehr recreates the tension-filled eventsleading up to the climactic clash in the South Pacific skies ? frontline momentsloaded with xenophobia, spycraft, sacrifice and broken hearts. Lehr goes behindthe scenes at Station Hypo on Hawaii, where U.S. Navy code breakers first discoveredexactly where and when to find Admiral Yamamoto, on April 18, 1943, and then chroniclesin dramatic detail the nerve-wracking mission to kill him. He focuses on ArmyAir Force Major John W. Mitchell, the ace fighter pilot from the tiny hamlet ofEnid, Mississippi who was tasked with conceiving a flight route, literally tothe second, for the only U.S. fighter plane on Guadalcanal capable of reachingYamamoto hundreds of miles away ? the new twin-engine P-38 Lightning with itsfabled ?cone of fire.?Given unprecedentedaccess to Mitchell?s personal papers and hundreds of private letters, Lehrreveals for the first time the full story of Mitchell?s wartime exploits up to theface-off with Yamamoto, along with those of key American pilots Mitchell chosefor the momentous mission: Rex Barber, Thomas Lanphier Jr., Besby Holmes, andRay Hine. The spotlight also shines on their enemy target ?Admiral Yamamoto,the enigmatic, charismatic commander in chief of Japan?s Combined Fleet, whosecomplicated feelings about the U.S.?he studied at Harvard?add rich complexity. Inthis way Dead Reckoning offers atonce a fast-paced recounting of a crucial turning point in the Pacific war and keenlydrawn portraits of its two main protagonists: Isoroku Yamamoto, the architectof Pearl Harbor, and John Mitchell, the architect of the Yamamoto?s demise.Dead Reckoning featuresblack-and-white photos throughout.…

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Titel
Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor
Autor
Dick Lehr
Verlag
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
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Hardback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
006244851X
ISBN-13
9780062448514

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