The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War
Stille, Mark2014
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The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This was a remarkable turnaround for a navy that only began to modernize in 1868, although defeats inflicted on the Russians and Chinese in successive wars at the turn of the century gave a sense of the threat the IJN was to pose. Making use of the most recent research on the subject, including many sources from Japan, this book details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific, and examines the principles on which they were designed, how they were armed, when and where they were deployed and how effective they were in battle.
Main title:
The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War / Mark E. Stille.
Author:
Stille, Mark, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2014.
Collation:
392 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.Also published electronically.
ISBN:
97814728014639781472809254 (Epub)9781472809247 (PDF)
Dewey class:
940.5426
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4057141
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