| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Rain of Steel follows Navy and Marine carrier aviators in the desperate air battles to control the kamikazes directed by Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's Task Force 58 carriers had conducted air strikes on mainland Japan and supported the Iwo Jima landings, but his aviators were sorely tested once the Okinawa campaign commenced on April 1, 1945. Ugaki would unleash ten different Kikusui aerial suicide operations, one including a naval force built around the world's most powerful battleship, the 71,000-ton Yamato. These battles are related largely through the words and experiences of some of the last living U.S. fighter aces of World War II"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947.
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Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947. |
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Ugaki, Matome, 1890-1945.
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Ugaki, Matome, 1890-1945. |
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United States. Navy. Task Force 58 -- History.
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United States. Navy. Task Force 58. |
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History. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island.
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Fighter pilots -- United States -- Interviews.
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Fighter pilots. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Kamikaze airplanes.
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Kamikaze airplanes. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
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Military operations, Naval -- American. |
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Military operations, Aerial -- Japanese. |
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Military operations, Aerial -- American. |
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Military campaigns. |
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Military operations, Naval -- Japanese. |
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Japan -- Okinawa Island. |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Interviews.
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| Added Title |
Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze war off Okinawa |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Moore, Stephen L.. Rain of steel Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020] 9781682475263 (DLC) 2020012670 |
| ISBN |
9781682475317 electronic book |
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168247531X electronic book |
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9781682475263 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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