| Author | : John Batchelor |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2006-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0486451631 |
This fleet of 28 accurately detailed ships includes the ill-fated PT-109, commanded by a young John F. Kennedy, a German U-boat, and the USS Missouri, the battleship on which the Japanese surrendered.
| Author | : Bernard Ireland |
| Publisher | : Harpercollins |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Warships. |
| ISBN | : 9780004708720 |
| Author | : Richard Worth |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 778 |
| Release | : 2021-01-28 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781608882250 |
Caught up in global chaos, the navies of World War II had to fight campaigns that rarely matched prewar planning. Each country found itself adapting its fleet compositions, ship designs, personnel training, and weaponry to ever-changing circumstances and ever-fluctuating resources-with varying degrees of success.An understanding of the successes and failures requires an uncompromising critique of the tools of war. Fleets of World War II pins down the warships' actual qualities, a nation-by-nation survey covering everything from the mightiest battlewagons to modest patrol craft.After fifteen years as a staple of naval research, Fleets of World War II now appears in this updated edition with expanded text and more than 150 photographs.Praise for the first edition: "With a substantial library of good books on the fighting ships of the last century and a half, I am glad to add Richard Worth's Fleets of World War II to my collection." -Frank Uhlig, Jr., U. S. Naval War College"This one book contains a perfect distillation of facts, theory and application on almost any ship that saw use in World War II." -Wargamer.com"Fleets of World War II probably represents the best single-volume comprehensive treatment of World War II warships available today." -William J. Jurens, Warship Internationa
| Author | : Peter Hore |
| Publisher | : Southwater Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781844763894 |
This authoritative reference book charts the development and history of the battleship from the end of World War I, through World War II and up to the present day. This period saw a dramatic change in the role of the battleship as a result of the vastly
| Author | : Mark Stille |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2021-11-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472848039 |
A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945. Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific Theatre, the US was thereafter locked into a head to head struggle with the impressive Imperial Japanese Navy, fighting a series of major battles in the Coral Sea, at Midway, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa in the struggle for supremacy over Japan. Having avoided the decisive defeat sought by the IJN, the US increased industrial production and by the end of the war, the US Navy was larger than any other in the world. Meanwhile in the west, the US Navy operated on a second front, supporting landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and in 1944 played a significant part in the D-Day landings, the largest and most complex amphibious operation of all time. Written by an acknowledged expert and incorporating extensive illustrations including photographs, maps and colour artwork, this book offers a detailed look at the strategy, operations and vessels of the US Navy in World War II.
| Author | : M. J. Whitley |
| Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Battleships |
| ISBN | : 9780304359578 |
By the acclaimed author of Destroyers of World War Two, this book is a fully illustrated and highly detailed overview of the capital ships that saw action in the last war. Compiled with the assistance of naval authorities and experts from around the world, it includes not only detailed descriptions of the ships' armament and armour, full technical specifications, date of construction, service and engagement record, but also accounts of the ultimate fate of the ships.
| Author | : William H. Garzke |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 517 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Battle cruisers |
| ISBN | : 9780710604040 |
| Author | : Paul H. Silverstone |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 446 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 041597898X |
First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Mark Stille |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 2011-08-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781849083805 |
Often overlooked as a naval power of WWII, Italy's Regia Marina was, upon the declaration of war against France, the fourth largest navy in the world. Despite its numbers, the Italian fleet was made up of largely obsolete vessels, none being equipped with radar, and had a reputation for having inadequately-trained crews. Added to these drawbacks, the Italian commanders did not enjoy the discretion of command at sea that their counterparts in the service of other nations did, being directed closely by the Supermarina (Italian Naval Headquarters). Despite these obstacles, and the heavy losses inflicted upon the fleet by the Royal Navy while in harbour at Taranto, the battleships of the Italian Navy enjoyed a good reputation for being well-designed, and served with courage and determination at Punto Stilo/Calabria, Sirte, Cape Spartivento, and Cape Matapan. Mark Stille details, with the aid of many stunning photographs, including several from the Italian Navy's own archives, the battleships of one of the forgotten navies of WWII.
