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100			_aWill Iredale _91996
245			_aThe Kamikaze Hunters : The Men Who Fought for the Pacific, 1945
260			_aLondon, United Kingdom _bPan MacMillan _c19 May 2016
300			_a 456 pages _bPaperback _c 130 x 197 x 23mm | 311g
520			_aThe Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, the Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare: the suicide pilots, or Kamikaze. Drawing on meticulous research and unique personal access to the remaining survivors, Will Iredale follows a group of young men from the moment they joined up through their initial training to the terrifying reality of fighting against pilots who, in the cruel last summer of the war, chose death rather than risk their country's dishonourable defeat and deliberately flew their planes into Allied aircraft carriers. A story of courage, valour and dogged determination, The Kamikaze Hunters is a gripping account of how a few brave young men helped to ensure lasting peace. _dWar
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