Sheppard, Si We Killed Yamamoto. The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943

Name: Sheppard, Si: We Killed Yamamoto. The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943
Brand: Osprey Publishing
SKU: 517/30/53
Price: 16.95 EUR
Availability: InStock

English text, paperback, many photographs, colour illustrations. 80 pages.

Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer No.: 9781472837868

Article in stock.
Only 1 item(s) on stock - order quickly!

Delivery time: 1 - 3 days

16,95 € *

Order.-No.: 517/30/53

Weight: 0.27 kg

Questions about product

Description

He masterminded the most devastating surprise attack against the USA in its history. He was a marked man in the war that followed. A key intelligence breakthrough enabled the military to pinpoint his location. An elite team was assembled and charged not with his capture and subsequent trial but with his execution. Osama bin Laden? No - this was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet during World War II. This new title analyses the origins, implementation, and outcomes of Operation "Vengeance", the long-range fighter interception of Admiral Yamamoto's transport aircraft that sent him to his death on 18th April, 1943. Author Si Sheppard examines every angle of the operation in detail, including the role of intelligence work in pinpointing the time and location of Yamamoto's flight, the chain of command at the highest level of the U.S. political and military establishment who ordered the attack, and the technical limitations that had to be overcome in planning and conducting the raid. It also provides a close study of the aerial combat involved in completing the mission, offering a holistic exploration of the operation which avenged Pearl Harbor.

Group: Books (first-hand)
Author: Sheppard, Si
Title: We Killed Yamamoto. The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943
Details: English text, paperback, many photographs, colour illustrations. 80 pages.
Series: Osprey - Raid