View the Japanese trailer here:

http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/iwojima-movies/trailer/large.html

This movie looks like it's going to be awesome!  I just hope it doesn't disappoint like Makic's Thin Red Line.

I've studied the Pacific War since I was a pre-teen.  Lately, the books I seek out are english language books discussing the war from the Japanese perspecive.  There's not many of these, but they're worth reading.  I'm currently reading Shattered Sword - The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway.  If you think this is yet, another book on Midway, you'll be very pleasantly suprised.  I've read about Midway many times over the years and basically, they all say the same things.  This book is not only fresh, but very well researched and discuss such things that I've never even heard of such as discussions on how the weather affected the battle.  I can't rave over this book enough.  It's not another book om Midway.  Personally, I'm of the opinion it's THE book on Midway.

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I have Clash of the Carriers and Flyboys in my library.  Both are really good books, but I didn't appreciate the moralization on the part of the author of Flyboys.  Another good book is Oliver North's War Stories II.  A Glorious Way To Die is another good one.  It's about the final sortie of the Yamato.

This is a good site:  www.combinedfleet.com

This site is run by one of the authors of Shattered Sword.  It's the most authoritave english language source on the Japanese Navy on the internet.  Nothing else comes close.

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I've been thinking about getting that book.  I'll pick that one up.  And a good book doesn't have to be a page turner is it's dropping info.  Info is good!

That's kinda how Shattered Sword is written.  Most of the time, it's a page turner, but at times, it goes into info that are by nature, dry reading, but it's invaluable to put the page-turner portions into context.  I have never read a book that gives so much background info on doctrine, procedures, and timelines that explain the whys.  Usually, the reader is given the whats and whens and are offered opinions on the whys.  Parshall and Tully backs up their theories and dispells common held theories with exhaustive explainations.

One major myth they dispel is the Japanese carrier decks were not spotted with a strike package that was to go after the American acrriers.  They were spotted with the Japanese CAP.  The strike aircraft were still in the hangars.  And he soundly backs this up  by discussing Japanese carrier doctrine, Japanese procedures, what could and what could not take place based on timelines.