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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Delgado, James P. (Autor), Van Tilburg, Hans (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Temas:
1900-1999
Midget submarines > Japan.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Japanese.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Sous-marins de poche > Japon.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations sous-marines.
Pearl Harbor, Attaque sur, 1941.
Midget submarines
Military operations, Naval > Japanese
Military operations, Naval > Submarine
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) > History, Naval > 20th century.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) > Histoire navale > 20e siècle.
Hawaii
Hawaii > Pearl Harbor
Japan
Naval history
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.

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