Rain of steel : Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze war off Okinawa /

Rain of steel : Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze war off Okinawa /

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 aviato...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Stephen L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Mitscher, Marc Andrew, > 1887-1947.
Ugaki, Matome, > 1890-1945.
United States. > Navy. > Task Force 58 > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Japan > Okinawa Island.
Fighter pilots > United States > Interviews.
Kamikaze airplanes.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Japanese.

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