The lost submarines of Pearl Harbor : the rediscovery and archaeology of Japan's top-secret midget submarines of World War II /
In the pre-dawn darkness of December 7, 1941, five Imperial Japanese Navy submarines surfaced off the coast of Oahu. Secured to the decks of these vessels were secret weapons to be deployed for the first time in modern warfare: two-man midget submarines, intended to enter Pearl Harbor without being...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2016]
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The development of the Japanese Midget Submarine Program
- The Pearl Harbor Attack
- Aftermath: legend and reality
- The end of the midget submarines
- Rediscovering the first kill
- The "three-piece" midget
- Archaeology, memory, management and protection
- Appendix: The anatomy of the Japanese midget submarine
- Notes.