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Lieutenant General
"God's Samurai - Lead Pilot At Pearl Harbor"
by Gordon W. Prange (with Goldstein Dillon)
Potomac Books- 2004
ISBN: 978-1-57488695-5
Finding books from the perspective of Japanese Pilots has always been a struggle for me and currently only own a handful of them ("Samurai" about Saburō Sakai and "The Divine Wind" by Inoguchi Nakajima).
This is another one. The book is about Mitsuo Fuchida, the lead pilot for the attack on Pearl Harbor from his early life to his death as a Christian Minister.
The book totals 349 pages divided into 38 Chapters, Sections for Appendix, Notes Bibliography with 29 photos, however the book can be divided into 2 main sections, Early Life/WW2 (first 183 pages) and Post WW2/Conversion to Christianity.
The first section was really fascinating and provided excellent behind the scenes of the Japanese planning of Pearl Harbor, their defeat at Midway and the slow conclusion of the war. The 2nd part of the book was interesting to see how the rest of his life played out, however it is heavily religious so if it's not a topic that interests you that section might be a hard read. To me I felt the first section alone was well worth it and I really enjoyed it.
If you are interested in the accounts of Japanese WW2 pilots this is a good choice. IMO it's not as good as "Samurai", but it will add to your knowledge and understanding of them.
by Gordon W. Prange (with Goldstein Dillon)
Potomac Books- 2004
ISBN: 978-1-57488695-5
Finding books from the perspective of Japanese Pilots has always been a struggle for me and currently only own a handful of them ("Samurai" about Saburō Sakai and "The Divine Wind" by Inoguchi Nakajima).
This is another one. The book is about Mitsuo Fuchida, the lead pilot for the attack on Pearl Harbor from his early life to his death as a Christian Minister.
The book totals 349 pages divided into 38 Chapters, Sections for Appendix, Notes Bibliography with 29 photos, however the book can be divided into 2 main sections, Early Life/WW2 (first 183 pages) and Post WW2/Conversion to Christianity.
The first section was really fascinating and provided excellent behind the scenes of the Japanese planning of Pearl Harbor, their defeat at Midway and the slow conclusion of the war. The 2nd part of the book was interesting to see how the rest of his life played out, however it is heavily religious so if it's not a topic that interests you that section might be a hard read. To me I felt the first section alone was well worth it and I really enjoyed it.
If you are interested in the accounts of Japanese WW2 pilots this is a good choice. IMO it's not as good as "Samurai", but it will add to your knowledge and understanding of them.
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