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The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and technology. This title covers the 12 Japanese battle...
Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war period, the Imperial Japanese Navy's heavy cruisers ...
When the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed Russia's battle fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, it marked the emergence of Japan as one of the world's ...
Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was the defining Japanese naval commander of World War II. Yamamoto's career in the Imperial Japanese Navy started in the ear...
The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the Hosho. Throughou...
Jutland 1916
In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This book tells the story of the British and German battles...
In 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) went to war with a marginal anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. This was a lamentable state of affairs ...
The Pacific 1942
The IJN was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first carrier, which was used against the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. The Ameri...
Italy's navy, the Regia Marina was the fourth-largest naval force in the world at the outbreak of World War II, and yet is often overlooked and largel...
Like their heavy cruiser brethren, the light cruisers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the build-up to WWII paid little more than lip service to...
The Imperial Japanese Navy went to war with 17 light cruisers and another three cruiser-sized training ships. Of these, most were 5,500-ton ships desi...
The fall of Britainโs empire in the East
For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giv...
Guadalcanal 1942
Although the war in the Pacific is usually considered a carrier war, it was the cruisers that dominated the early fighting. This thrilling duel presen...
Japan's conquest of the Netherlands East Indies
The battle of the Java Sea, fought in February 1942, was the first major surface engagement of the Pacific War and one of the few naval battles of the...
A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers, a formidable foe for Allied forces attempting to attack the sea lanes betwe...
Clash for supremacy in the Pacific
A highly illustrated account of the series of naval battles around the embattled island of Guadalcanal in late 1942. The battle for Guadalcanal that l...
A highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II. The...
America's first victory on the road to Tokyo
Using black and white contemporary photographs, illuminative maps and stunning battle scene illustrations, this comprehensive, detailed account comple...
The Allies' Lowest Ebb
An detailed illustrated exploration of the Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942 โ one of the largest operations conducted by the Imperi...
Pearl Harbor 1941
In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a massive air-strike against the American Pacific Fleet based at Pearl H...
The first carrier battle
A detailed account of the first check of Japanese naval expansion in the Pacific. The Battle of the Coral Sea is unique in the annals of naval history...
Prewar classes
The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922. Despite being converted into an aircraft tender, it was the first step ...
The Pacific Warโs Most Famous Battle
A detailed re-examination of Midway, one of the most significant battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II. In April 1942, the Combined Fleet of ...
During World War II the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the forefront of submarine technology. It fielded the largest pre-nuclear submarines in the worl...
Carrier Combat from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa
A detailed and comprehensive study of the carrier formations of the Pacific War, including their origins, development and key battles from the Coral S...
Turning point in the Pacific
The most important and dramatic carrier battle of World War II, which completely changed the fortunes of both Japan and America. In less than one day,...
WWII-built ships
Aircraft carriers were the US Navy's principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War. Development of the Essex class began in 1939, becoming the...
Japan's bid to knock out Henderson Field and the Cactus Air Force
The campaign for Guadalcanal, which stretched from August 1942 until February 1943, centered on Henderson Field. The airfield was captured by the US o...
Carrier duel in the South Pacific
A highly illustrated account of the fourth major carrier battle of the war in the Pacific. Despite myth, the Japanese carrier force was not destroyed ...
A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle
A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the en...
Asashio to Tachibana Classes
During the Pacific War the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were larger and, in most case...
Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A-150 and Sovetsky Soyuz-class
An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during World W...
The Struggle for New Georgia and Bougainville
Victory at Guadalcanal for the Allies in February 1943 left them a vital foothold in the Solomon Islands chain, and was the first step in an attempt t...
Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes
This volume will detail the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers built before the war. This includes the famous Fubuki class (calle...