Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1	The Development of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Fighter Force
Chapter 2	Striving for the Impossible
Chapter 3	Trial and Error
Chapter 4	Into Action
Chapter 5	None so Blind
Chapter 6	Preliminaries to War
Chapter 7	Forging a Legend
Chapter 8	Peak and Nadir
Chapter 9	Grim Attrition
Chapter 10	On the Back Foot
Chapter 11	Last Shout for the Little Warrior
Chapter 12	Final Sacrifice
Appendix I: Basic Specification of the A6M2
Appendix II: Principal Variations of the A6M
Appendix III: Production of the A6M
Notes