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Book

Taking Midway : naval warfare, secret codes, and the battle that turned the tide of World War II

Call Number

  • 940.5426 D8663 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]

Physical Description

358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Summary

"From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series--with more than twelve million copies sold--comes a fast-paced, dramatic account of the famous yet little understood battle that turned the tide of World War II."-- Provided by publisher.

1942: Everywhere around the world, the Allies are losing World War II. Nowhere is this felt more completely than in the Pacific, where Japanese sea and ground forces claim victory after victory. Singapore falls. Then the Phillippines. The vaunted American Navy fights to a draw with the Japanese at the Battle of the Coral Sea. America's lone moral victory is Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's bombing raid on Tokyo - though even that is tinged with tragedy as two crew members are shot down and beheaded. Meanwhile in Honolulu, a brilliant young naval officer is determined to break Japan's top secret codes. Lieutenant Commander Joseph Rochfort is close to cracking the code by April. He is then startled to learn the the Japanese are planning yet another major invasion somewhere in the Pacific, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto wants to send four aircraft carriers to complete this task, in a bold attack that will be even larger than the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Rochefort's methods are unique, and those in power in the US Navy believes the next big attack will come at New Guinea or Australia. To prove himself, Rochefort must not only find the precise location but predict the date. What ensues is the cat-and-mouse adventure that will become known as the Battle of Midway. American and Japanese pilots will duel in the skies. Japan's Yamamoto will go toe-to-toe with American admiral Chester Nimitz. The battle will involve strategy, luck, heartbreak - and dramatically alter the course of World War II.

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