Book contents
- Yukikaze’s War
- Yukikaze’s War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Sources
- Chapter 1 Divine Ships of a Bluewater Navy
- Chapter 2 Torpedoes, Destroyers, and Samurai of the Seas
- Chapter 3 Oil Empire and Japan’s Southern Advance
- Chapter 4 Conquest of the South Seas
- Chapter 5 Escorting Catastrophe at Midway
- Chapter 6 Barroom Brawl at Guadalcanal
- Chapter 7 Defending the Solomon Sea and Bismarck Barrier
- Chapter 8 The Mariana Islands and the Collapse of Japan’s Defensive Sphere
- Chapter 9 The Leyte Theater
- Chapter 10 Dangerous Homewaters and Shinano Destroyed
- Chapter 11 Yamato and the Specter of History
- Chapter 12 Surrender and the Enduring Dangers of Yukikaze’s Haunt
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 12 - Surrender and the Enduring Dangers of Yukikaze’s Haunt
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2024
- Yukikaze’s War
- Yukikaze’s War
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Sources
- Chapter 1 Divine Ships of a Bluewater Navy
- Chapter 2 Torpedoes, Destroyers, and Samurai of the Seas
- Chapter 3 Oil Empire and Japan’s Southern Advance
- Chapter 4 Conquest of the South Seas
- Chapter 5 Escorting Catastrophe at Midway
- Chapter 6 Barroom Brawl at Guadalcanal
- Chapter 7 Defending the Solomon Sea and Bismarck Barrier
- Chapter 8 The Mariana Islands and the Collapse of Japan’s Defensive Sphere
- Chapter 9 The Leyte Theater
- Chapter 10 Dangerous Homewaters and Shinano Destroyed
- Chapter 11 Yamato and the Specter of History
- Chapter 12 Surrender and the Enduring Dangers of Yukikaze’s Haunt
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Chapter 12 investigates Yukikaze’s activities after the sinking of Yamato and during Japan’s surrender to the Allies. Yukikaze was transferred to the Republic of China in 1947, where she defended Taiwan during the crises in the Taiwan Strait. The chapter concludes with Yukikaze’s enduring legacy in Japanese culture.
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- Yukikaze's WarThe Unsinkable Japanese Destroyer and World War II in the Pacific, pp. 254 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024