Japanese naval vessels at the end of World War II
Midway 1942: turning-point in the Pacific
by Healy, Mark
fromCampaign (Osprey Publishing)
Midway 1942: turning-point in the Pacific
by Healy, Mark
fromOsprey military campaign series
"One of the most important naval battles in history, Midway was fought barely six months after the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The badly damaged USS Yorktown was repaired in just 48 hours and, with Enterprise and Hornet, set out to meet the Japanese. In a battle…
"The outcome of the Pacific War was heavily influenced by the results of naval battles between the Imperial Japanese fleet and the US Navy. One of the key elements was Japan's large fighter component, which had gained experience over Manchuria, China and Mongolia in the late 193…
This book offers a concise but fact-packed account of the organization, equipment, and all operations of Japan's small but elite wartime parachute forces. Correcting and amplifying previous accounts based on wartime intelligence, it traces the Imperial Army's Raiding Regiments a…
"Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was the defining Japanese naval commander of World War II. He planned and executed the daring pre-emptive strike on Pearl Harbor that damaged the US Pacific Fleet and ushered in the Pacific War, and commanded the Japanese Combined Fleet until his death …
Yamamoto Isoroku is the most well-known of Japan's military leaders and his name will be forever linked to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Because the attack was such an apparent success, he has gone down as one of the most brilliant naval figures in history. The truth is rather dif…
Yamamoto Isoroku: leadership, strategy, conflict
"Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was the defining Japanese naval commander of World War II. He planned and executed the daring pre-emptive strike on Pearl Harbor that damaged the US Pacific Fleet and ushered in the Pacific War, and commanded the Japanese Combined Fleet until his death …