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01942aam a2200337Mi 4500 001 4C25E66A868F11E988B41FF596128E48 003 SILO 005 20190604010217 008 171204r20181982nyuc b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1504049268 020 $a 9781504049269 035 $a (OCoLC)1033553179 040 $a NZAUC $b eng $e rda $c NZAUC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d VVX $d PX0 $d BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Prange, Gordon W. $q (Gordon William), $d 1910-1980. 245 10 $a Miracle at Midway / $c Gordon W. Prange with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. 250 $a [New edition]. 264 1 $a New York : $b Open Road Integrated Media, $c 2018. 300 $a xviii, 557 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Original edition published: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1982. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references: (pages 517-527) and index. 520 $a "Six months after Pearl Harbor, the seemingly invincible Imperial Japanese nay proposed a decisive blow against the United States. After sweeping through Asia and the South Pacific, Japan's military targeted the tiny atoll of Midway, an ideal launching pad for the invasion of Hawaii and beyond.But the US Navy would be waiting for them. Thanks to cutting-edge code-breaking technology, tactical daring, and a significant stroke of luck, the Americans under Chester W. Nimitz dealt Japan's navy its first major defeat of the war. Three years of hard fighting remained, but it was at Midway that the tide turned."--Back cover. 650 0 $a Midway, Battle of, 1942. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, Japanese. 700 1 $a Goldstein, Donald M. 700 1 $a Dillon, Katherine V. 941 $a 2 952 $l SJPB094 $d 20210921010639.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20190604034814.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C25E66A868F11E988B41FF596128E48 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search