Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941–45

Reducere. 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...

A superbly illustrated study of the major warships of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. While the Kriegsmarine's capital ships became less important to ...

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Reducere. One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal k...

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...

1945: a mushroom cloud rises 20, 000 feet into the sky. This is not from the bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It is the remains of the battleship ...

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Reducere. The battleships of the Kongō class were the oldest, smallest, and fastest battleships in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Initially classifi...

Conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the Solomons theatre, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate ...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Hans LengererIllustration(s): 150 b/w photos & line drawingsNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022...

87 photos, 202 figures and drawings, 60 tables, and 15 maps and tracks. Recognising the impossibility of improving upon the (in)famous 5: 5: 3 rati...

Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched...

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195 pages, black and white photographic illustrations

If you want to discover the captivating history of Pearl Harbor, then keep reading...The attack of the US Pearl Harbor Naval Base changed the entir...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Robert LymanIllustration(s): illustrated with 16 pages of b/w photos and 12 b/w maps.Number of pages...

DescriptionThis title explores the history of the US Navy's guided missile cruisers, its most powerful surface ships during the Cold War, which wer...

DescriptionThis title tells the fascinating story of the development and deployment of the mighty Russian fleets, the pride of the Tsar, which went...

Reducere. Russian/Soviet Aircraft Carrier & Carrier Aviation Design & Evolution Vol.2 The following is added ahead of volume description in response to the u...

Reducere. Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging ...

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Reducere. On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pear...

Emperor Meiji and the beginnings of the Imperial Empire of Japan: 1867 - 1912. Japan under Emperor Taisho: 1912 - 1926. Japan under Emperor Showa: ...

Reducere. In this compelling narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica M. Kim reexamines the rise of Los Angeles from a small t...

Reducere. Author Mochitsura Hashimoto was one of the few Japanese submarine captains to survive. Shortly before the end of WW2 he inflicted the greatest sing...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dusan BabacNumber of pages: 48Collection: Men-at-ArmsPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 329 x 248 x 9...

The jungle war against the Japanese was arguably one of the worst terrors that could be inflicted upon a young soldier who had never been away from...

Reducere. Before dawn breaks over the Pacific, young Japanese pilots don the scarfs of ancient warriors -- and in the early light of Sunday morning an Americ...

DescriptionThis title offers a detailed look at the crucial but little-acknowledged role of the German heavy flak guns in the defense against allie...

DescriptionThis is the fully-illustrated story of the Royal Navy's escort carriers which battled against deadly U-Boats during the Battle of the At...

This comprehensive and fascinating title describes and illustrates the armies of Japan's Asian allies in World War II, and includes rare and previo...

Four years of fear: escapes, resistance, internment, occupation and finally - liberation. Philip Cracknell brings his unrivalled knowledge of Hong ...

This book explores the impact of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Japan and Australia, where it has heralded c...

This fascinating new history follows the course of Japan's ultimately unequal struggle against the great allied powers. Unsparing in its treatment ...

The Japanese solution to their rapidly deteriorating military situation in 1944--suicide missions--was not only terrifying and effective, but has f...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Prof. Peter (Ostasieninstitut, Germany) WetzlerNumber of pages: 256Collection: SOAS Studies in Moder...

Publisher: Duke University PressAuthor(s): Kim BrandtIllustration(s): 21 illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Collection: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politi...

Reducere. No other animal served to inspire and motivate the Japanese warrior in World War Two more than the magnificent tiger. From the author of "Imperial ...

The unsuccessful pursuit of two German Imperial navy warshipsThe Goeben-Breslau Incident was a naval action which took place in 1914 in the Mediter...

DescriptionThe significance of the Second World War and its relevance to the lives of so many, has generated a legacy of published material on the ...