The story of the men who created, led and fought in the deadly Zero figher plane.

"Foreword by John Gresham" -- Cover.

The Sino-Japanese incident -- Peace attempts fail - the fighting continues -- Zero fighters in China -- Eve of the Pacific war -- Opening of hostilities followed by anxiety -- Prewar anticipation -- The Pearl Harbor attack: overwhelming victory as the war begins -- Zero fighters assure victories: operations in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies -- The sea battle off the coast of Malaya -- The Wake Island operation -- The Indian Ocean operation -- The Coral Sea Battle -- The Midway and Aleutians operations: the turning point of the war -- Reorganization of the combined fleet -- Change in warship-building policy -- Desperate air operations over long-range conditions: the saga of Saburo Sakai -- Succession of air battles over Guadalcanal -- the Guadalcanal Campaign: evaluation of American warplanes -- “Operation A”-I-GO Sakusen -- Admiral Yamamoto dies in action -- The Battle of Santa Cruz -- Our situation becomes critical: Air battles in the Solomons and Rabaul areas -- The end is in sight: defense of the Mariana Islands -- The kamikaze suicide attacks -- Air raids and earthquakes -- Defense of the mainland: the B-29 appears -- Carrier planes raid the homeland -- The atomic bombings: personal observations of Masatake Okumura -- Jiro Horikoshi's final war diary.