Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ONE. The Destruction of the American Battle Line at Pearl Harbor 1
6. TWO. Trading Armor for Speed: The New Battle Line 8
7. THREE. Obsolete ‘‘Devastators’’ and Obsolescent ‘‘Wildcats’’ 25
8. FOUR. Duds: The Great American Torpedo Scandal 39
9. FIVE. Indians and ‘‘Ringknockers’’ 54
10. SIX. Attack 76
11. SEVEN. ‘‘The Best-Laid Schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang Aft Agley’’ 107
12. EIGHT. ‘‘Sorry about That’’ 123
13. APPENDIX 1. Flight Personnel of the Torpedo Squadrons at Midway 145
14. APPENDIX 2. Chronology of American Torpedo Attacks at Midway 149
15. APPENDIX 3. The Hornet Air Group Course on the Morning of June 4 151
16. APPENDIX 4. Gas Consumption in the TBD 155
17. NOTES 159
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 169
19. INDEX 177