LEADER 00000nim a22004935a 4500 003 MWT 005 20210817075354.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 210813s2020 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9780063016132 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0063016133 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780063016132_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12614135 037 12614135|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 940.5426|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Hampton, Dan,|eauthor. 245 10 Operation Vengeance :|bthe astonishing aerial ambush that changed World War II|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cDan Hampton. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2020. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 39 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by John Pruden. 520 The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot delivers an electrifying narrative account of the top- secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor. In 1943, the United States military began to plan one of the most dramatic secret missions of World War II. Its code name was Operation Vengeance. Naval Intelligence had intercepted the itinerary of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, whose stealth attack on Pearl Harbor precipitated America's entry into the war. Harvard-educated, Yamamoto was a close confidant of Emperor Hirohito and a brilliant tactician who epitomized Japanese military might. On April 18th, the U.S. discovered, he would travel to Rabaul in the South Pacific to visit Japanese troops, then fly to the Japanese airfield at Balalale, 400 miles to the southeast. Set into motion, the Americans' plan was one of the most tactically difficult operations of the war. To avoid detection, U.S. pilots had to embark on a circuitous, 1, 000-mile odyssey that would test not only their skills but the physical integrity of their planes. The timing was also crucial: the slightest miscalculation, even by a few minutes-or a delay on the famously punctual Yamamoto's end -meant the entire plan would collapse, endangering American lives. But if these remarkable pilots succeeded, they could help turn the tide of the war-and greatly boost Allied morale. Informed by deep archival research and his experience as a decorated combat pilot, Operation Vengeance focuses on the mission's pilots and recreates the moment-by-moment drama they experienced in the air. Hampton recreates this epic event in thrilling detail, and provides groundbreaking evidence about what really happened that day. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Yamamoto, Isoroku,|d1884-1943|xAssassination. 650 0 Operation Vengeance, 1943. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zSolomon Islands. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xAerial operations, American. 650 0 Air pilots|zUnited States. 700 1 Pruden, John,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12614135?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780063016132_180.jpeg