Zero!

Martin Caiden · Masatake Okumiya · Jiro Hirokoshi

Aug 2014 · Pickle Partners Publishing

About this ebook

“This is the thrilling saga of war in the air in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II told from the Japanese point of view. It is the story of the men who created, led, and fought in the deadly Zero fighter plane. In their own words, Jiro Horikoshi (who designed the Zero), Masatake Okumiya (leader of many Zero squadrons), and Saburo Sakai (Japan's leading surviving fighter ace) as well as many other men, tell the inside story of developing the Zero and Japan's air force. They tell what it felt like to bomb American ships and to shoot down American airplanes - and then of their shock when the myth of invincibility was shattered by the new Lightning, Hellcat, and Corsair fighters. They tell of the fight against the growing strength of a remorseless American enemy; and how, in desperation the Japanese High Command ordered the creation of deadly suicide squadrons, the Kamikaze. And finally they reveal their reaction to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”-Print ed.

Ratings and reviews

Very interesting description of the Pacific War from the perspective of Japanese military pilots.

an interesting view from the experience of a japanese pilot

About the author

Masatake Okumiya became a member of Japan's air self-defense force after the war & was active as a historian until his death.