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Destined for Glory: Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower

Destined for Glory: Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower( )
Author: Wildenberg, Thomas
ISBN:978-1-306-43727-1
Publication Date:May 2014
Publisher:Naval Institute Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $27.54
Book Description:

On 4 June 1942, three squadrons of U.S. Navy Dauntless dive bombers destroyed Japan's carrier force at Midway and changed the course of the Pacific war. As Wildenberg demonstrates in this book, the key ingredient to the Navy's success was the planning and training devoted to the tactic of dive bombing. Examining how political, economic, technical, and operational factors influenced the development of carrier airpower between 1925 and 1942, he shows why dive bombing became the Navy's...
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