Yamato. Flagship of the Japanese Imperial Navy, Hardback - Daniel Knowles

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 ...

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...

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...

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

Reducere. In The Yamato Dynasty, Sterling Seagrave, who divulged the secrets of Mao Tse-tung and the ruthlessness of Chiang Kai-shek in the New York Times be...

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

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...

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

On 24 May 1941 within minutes of battle being joined the pride of the Royal Navy, 'HMS Hood', had been sunk and its newest battleship outfought. Ho...

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195 pages, black and white photographic illustrations

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

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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...

Reducere. Opening a window onto the little-known Japanese-American heritage of Florida, Yamato Colony is the true tale of a daring immigrant venture that lef...

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...

A comprehensive and meticulously researched landmark work charting the construction, operational history and post-war use of the airfields of the R...

Referred to by Churchill as `the Beast', `Tirpitz' was Germany's last great battleship and was one of the largest ever constructed in Europe. It wa...

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

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

Japan's navy is three times the size of France's and Britain's combined, yet most people think it a defenceless nation. This book unravels that par...

Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): Peter C. SmithIllustration(s): approx 60 b/w photosNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 242 ...

As the Pacific War approached a crescendo, the clashes between swarming US Navy carrier aircraft, and the gigantic Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Yam...

This new study examines the history of the relations between the British and Japanese monarchies over the past 150 years. Complemented by a signifi...

New edition of a classic, much-sought-after work by the ex-QE2 master, Commodore R.W. Warwick

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

Reducere. Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the r...

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 ...

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

Reducere. In the history of the twentieth century, the role of the military intelligence services in the competition among nations is still murky. Among the ...

The battleship Yamato, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was the most powerful warship of World War II and represented the climax, as it were, of the ...

Nineteenth-century Japanese literary discourse and narrative developed a striking preoccupation with ninjo-literally "human emotion, " but often us...

A very British introduction to the dress and duties of officers and men of the Royal Navy `upon whom the responsibility of its efficiency falls'. T...

In the field of philosophy, the common view of philosophy as an essentially Western discipline persists even today, while non-Western philosophy te...

The second novel by classicist Mark Knowles, retelling the myths of Ancient Greece. Jason and his men must navigate seas filled with enemies and ov...

Reducere. This book, written by famed international breath therapist William P. Knowles, sets forth in a straight forward manner his program of breath traini...

Reducere. The Author would like to dedicate this book in memory to all of those Firefighter's who have given their lives before him and will do so in the fut...

A stunning comprehensive overview of advanced German naval building projects.Publisher: Greenhill BooksAuthor(s): Alessio SgarlatoIllustration(s): ...

Tells stories of some of the most powerful and exciting cars ever to wear the evocative MG octagon badge.

Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Jonathan ClementsIllustration(s): over 75 color and b&w photographs and mapsNumber of pages: 320Publication ...

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 ...

If you love the taste of Japanese food and would love to make your own homemade Japanese dishes from the comfort of your own home, you don't have t...