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The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War)
by John Toland
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with references to "Kido Butai".
Excerpt - on Page 169: "
... On November 16 the Pearl Harbor Carrier Striking Force (Kido Butai) gathered at the mouth of the Inland Sea. It was a formidable armada: six carriers; two fast battleships with 14-inch ... "
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Power at Sea: The Breaking Storm, 1919-1945
by Lisle A. Rose
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with references to "Kido Butai".
Excerpt - on Page 144: "
... and Shokaku-that operating together as a fast mobile strike force, the Kido Butai, could deploy more than 350 aircraft. The Kido Butai displaced more than twice the tonnage allotted Japan by the Washington ... "
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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
by Jonathan Parshall
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with references to "Kido Butai".
Excerpt - on Page 6: "
... of Vice Admiral Nagumo Chúichi, commander of First Air Fleet and its tactical incarnation, the First Mobile Striking Force (Dai-ichi Kido Butai).3 Akagi was enormous, at 855 feet the longest carrier in the Imperial Na; vydisplacing more than 41,000 tons. ... "
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Infamy: pearl harbor and its aftermath
by John Toland
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with references to "Kido Butai".
Excerpt - on Page 9: "
... This formidable striking force, Kido Butai, was scheduled to hit Army and Navy airfields and Pearl Harbor at dawn, December 8, Tokyo time. On December 3 ... "
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