Yukikaze's War
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Yukikaze's War

The Unsinkable Japanese Destroyer and World War II in the Pacific

  1. 332 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Yukikaze's War

The Unsinkable Japanese Destroyer and World War II in the Pacific

About this book

Only one elite Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer survived the cruel ocean battlefields of World War II. This is her story. Brett Walker, historian and captain, delves into questions of mechanics, armaments, navigation, training, and even indoctrination, illustrating the daily realities of war for Yukikaze and her crew. By shifting our perspective of the Pacific War away from grand Imperial strategies, and toward the intricacies of fighting on the water, Walker allows us to see the war from Yukikaze's bridge during the most harrowing battles, from Midway to Okinawa. Walker uncovers the ordinary sailor's experience, and we see sailors fight while deep-running currents of Japanese history unfold before their war-weary eyes. As memories of World War II fade, Yukikaze's story becomes ever more important, providing valuable lessons in our contemporary world of looming energy shortfalls, menacing climate uncertainties, and aggressive totalitarian regimes.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. A Note on Sources
  10. Chapter 1 Divine Ships of a Bluewater Navy
  11. Chapter 2 Torpedoes, Destroyers, and Samurai of the Seas
  12. Chapter 3 Oil Empire and Japan’s Southern Advance
  13. Chapter 4 Conquest of the South Seas
  14. Chapter 5 Escorting Catastrophe at Midway
  15. Chapter 6 Barroom Brawl at Guadalcanal
  16. Chapter 7 Defending the Solomon Sea and Bismarck Barrier
  17. Chapter 8 The Mariana Islands and the Collapse of Japan’s Defensive Sphere
  18. Chapter 9 The Leyte Theater
  19. Chapter 10 Dangerous Homewaters and Shinano Destroyed
  20. Chapter 11 Yamato and the Specter of History
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. Notes
  23. Index