Before you is a fundamental research-reconstruction of the course of the Second World War in the Pacific Ocean. At the center of the work is the tragic figure of Admiral Yamamoto - a brilliant commander and at the same time (the irony of fate!) the bearer of the strategy of defeat. This is a book-result and a book-beginning, because “answers are killers of questions.” Questions have been asked. About the unshakable postulates of history, about geopolitics, about strategy and tactics, about the victors and the relativity of their victories, about aircraft carrier warfare, about Nagumo’s caution, about Lockwood’s ingenuity, about Ozawa’s passion and Helen’s impeccability... This book reads like a fascinating novel and will become a real one a gift for all lovers of military history.