I Was a Kamikaze - Couverture souple

Nagatsuka, R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0450019276 ISBN 13 : 9780450019272

Editeur : New English Library Ltd, 1974

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Amberley's new series of Eyewitness Accounts bring history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by the people who could say, 'I was there!' Ryuji Nagatsuka did not know, when he made an application to become a pilot in October 1943, that by the following autumn Japan s situation in the war would be so critical that the role for which he was destined would be part of the most incomprehensible phenomenon of the hostilities that of a suicide pilot, known to the world as a kamikaze. He and his fellow kamikaze pilots had to be highly trained to crash exactly on target and to evade dense anti-aircraft fire. In this way, thirteen US warships were sunk, and 174 damaged, in the Battle of Okinawa. Here, in this extraordinary document, Nagatsuka gives us a unique insight into what it was that enabled these young men to die for their country in such a way and to do so willingly.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ryuji Nagatsuka joined the Imperial Japanese Army in 1944 and was trained as a kamikaze pilot.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New English Library Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0450019276
• ISBN 13: 9780450019272
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible