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Informationen zum Autor David W. Jourdan is president of Nauticos, a company devoted to deep-sea exploration. He and his Nauticos team are responsible for the discovery of the Japanese World War II submarine I-52 in the Atlantic. He is the author of several books, including The Search for the Japanese Fleet: USS Nautilus and the Battle of Midway (Potomac Books, 2015) and The Deep Sea Quest for Amelia Earhart. Klappentext In the extensive literature about the Battle of Midway, the role of American submarines has not received adequate attention. In The Search for the Japanese Fleet: USS Nautilus and the Battle of Midway, David W. Jourdan, one of the world's experts in undersea exploration, has reconstructed the critical part subs played in the action that many chroniclers of World War II consider to be the turning point of the war in the Pacific. In the direct line of fire was one of the oldest submarines in the navy, USS Nautilus. On their first war patrol, Lieutenant Commander William Brockman and his ninety-three-man crew wondered what would war be like, and as events unfolded, their actions during an eight-hour period early in that voyage would rank among the most important contributions of a submarine to the most decisive engagement in U.S. Navy history. Fifty-seven years later, Jourdan¿s team of deep sea explorers set out to discover the history of the famous Battle of Midway and find the ships the allied fleet sank. Key to the mystery was the Nautilus and her underwater exploits. Relying on logs, diaries, chronologies, manuals, sound recordings, and interviews with veterans of the battle, including men who spent most of the day of June 4th in the submarine conning tower, the story breathes new life into the history of the epic engagement. Woven into the tale of World War II is the modern drama of deep sea discovery as explorers deploy technological marvels to the seafloor, over three miles down, to reveal the relics of history and commemorate fallen heroes. Zusammenfassung In the extensive literature about the Battle of Midway! the role of American submarines has not received adequate attention. In The Search for the Japanese Fleet: USS Nautilus and the Battle of Midway! David W. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Prologue: "So We Have Won After All" 1. War Patrol 2. The Quest 3. Kid¿ Butai 4. Revealing the Deep 5. Hide, Seek, and Attack 6. Under Siege 7. The End of Kid¿ Butai 8. The Art of Renav 9. Return to Midway 10. History Revealed 11. Victory and Sacrifice Epilogue: The Heroes of Nautilus Appendix A: Further Questions on Nautilus and the Battle of Midway Appendix B: The Crew of USS Nautilus (SS-168) Appendix C: The Explorers Appendix D: Order of Battle Appendix E: Chronology of the Battle of Midway A Note on References and Selected Bibliography Index ...
