Japanese Heavy Cruiser Tone

Author : Waldemar Goralski
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788362878079
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Heavy Cruiser Tone written by Waldemar Goralski and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kagero present an in-depth look at the Tone, a ship designed for long-range scouting missions, that was used extensively by the Japanese during World War II. Featuring 140 computer generated color images this volume covers, in full, the majesty of this great ship. From the initial design to the ship's armor and operational history the authors cover the complete history of this mammoth vessel. Numerous scale plans are included as well as 3D drawings that bring to life this remarkable piece of World War II craftsmanship.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849081719
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941–45 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war period, the Imperial Japanese Navy's heavy cruisers were fast and heavily armed. Like the other vessels of the Japanese Navy, the heavy cruisers were technologically superior to and far more innovative than their Allied rivals, whom they met in many of the major Pacific Theatre battles, including Midway and Leyte Gulf. Mark Stille continues his study of the IJN of WWII with this fascinating topic, addressing the design and development of all 18 ships in the six heavy cruiser classes, from pre-war construction and mid-war alterations, to their operational histories and eventual fates.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780967799
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941–45 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war period, the Imperial Japanese Navy's heavy cruisers were fast and heavily armed. Like the other vessels of the Japanese Navy, the heavy cruisers were technologically superior to and far more innovative than their Allied rivals, whom they met in many of the major Pacific Theatre battles, including Midway and Leyte Gulf. Mark Stille continues his study of the IJN of WWII with this fascinating topic, addressing the design and development of all 18 ships in the six heavy cruiser classes, from pre-war construction and mid-war alterations, to their operational histories and eventual fates.

Author : Wayne Patton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897474986
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Heavy Cruisers of WWII in Action written by Wayne Patton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan entered World War II with the third-largest navy in the world, after those of Great Britain and the United States. The 18 heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were a combined force of large and powerful ships designed for attack rather than defense. Long, low to the water, heavy, and fast, they looked like no other nation's cruisers, with their flush decks and curved hulls, topped off with large, pagoda-like tower bridges. Designers of the heavy cruisers gave them a highly original arrangement of curved funnels, turrets, and masts. They were at once beautiful and deadly as they sliced through the waves on their way to Pacific battles. Packed with more than 90 black-and-white photos, six color profiles, and line drawings.

Author : Donald A Bertke
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1937470091
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World War II Sea War, Vol 6: The Allies Halt the Axis Advance written by Donald A Bertke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-17 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major Pacific actions from April through August 1942 include the Japanese attack on Ceylon, the Doolittle Raid on Japan, the battle of the Coral Sea, the battle of Midway Island, the U.S. landing on Guadalcanal, the battle of Savo Island, and the battle of the eastern Solomon Islands. Arctic actions include battle for convoy PQ.17. In Mediterranean, the Royal Navy interdicts Axis supply lines along Libyan and Egyptian coasts. In the Atlantic, the U.S. implements convoys along the East Coast.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780960409
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941–45 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Imperial Japanese Navy went to war with 17 light cruisers and another three cruiser-sized training ships. Of these, most were 5,500-ton ships designed to act as destroyer squadron flagships. This made them much different in capabilities and mission from their American counterparts. During the war, the Japanese built another five light cruisers, all but one of which maintained the design premise of being able to serve as destroyer squadron flagships. During the war, Japanese light cruisers were active throughout the Pacific performing many missions in addition to their flagship duties. Mark Stille continues Osprey's coverage of the IJN of WWII with this concise and complete study of all 25 ships, from their design and development to their ultimate fates. Detailed Osprey artwork and rare period photographs from the Fukui collection held in Kure, Japan illustrate this discussion.

Author : Wayne Patton
Publisher : Squadron/Signal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780897474979
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Light Cruisers of World War II in Action written by Wayne Patton and published by Squadron/Signal Publications. This book was released on 2006-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy operated a light cruiser force of 20 ships, and added another five during the course of the war. These fast ships, carrying seaplanes and heavy torpedo armament, generally were used as flagships for destroyer flotillas and submarine squadrons. Of these, nine were sunk by U.S. or British submarines, 11 were sunk by U.S. aircraft, two were sunk by U.S. torpedo boats or destroyers, and three were still afloat at the end of the war. Includes never before published photos!

Author : Eric Lacroix
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870213113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War written by Eric Lacroix and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete history of the legendary cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Author : Waldemar Góralski
Publisher : Super Drawings in 3D
ISBN 13 : 9788362878901
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Heavy Cruiser Takao 1937-1946 written by Waldemar Góralski and published by Super Drawings in 3D. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design of four-member Japanese Takao-class heavy cruisers built between 1927-1928 was based on earlier Myōkō-class heavy cruisers. The Takao-class was better armored and equipped including the main artillery being modified to engage air targets. The Takao-class had a distinctive look thanks to the massive superstructure and the first chimney being inclined towards the second one which was set vertically. Only the lead ship of her class, i.e. Takao survived the war and was scrapped in 1946. The latest volume of the Super Drawings in 3D series harvests many years of Janusz Skulski's work who is considered the world's best Imperial Japanese Navy expert. Takao renders by Waldemar Góralski include the majority of adjustments made by Janusz Skulski and depict Takao in the camouflage pattern form the last days of the World War II.

Author : Brian Lane Herder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472840372
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Naval Siege of Japan 1945 written by Brian Lane Herder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final months of Allied naval bombardments on the Home Islands during World War II have, for whatever reason, frequently been overlooked by historians. Yet the Allies' final naval campaign against Japan involved the largest and arguably most successful wartime naval fleet ever assembled, and was the climax to the greatest naval war in history. Though suffering grievous losses during its early attacks, by July 1945 the United States Third Fleet wielded 1,400 aircraft just off the coast of Japan, while Task Force 37, the British Pacific Fleet's carrier and battleship striking force, was the most powerful single formation ever assembled by the Royal Navy. In the final months of the war the Third Fleet's 20 American and British aircraft carriers would hurl over 10,000 aerial sorties against the Home Islands, whilst another ten Allied battleships would inflict numerous morale-destroying shellings on Japanese coastal cities. In this illustrated study, historian Brian Lane Herder draws on primary sources and expert analysis to chronicle the full story of the Allies' Navy Siege of Japan from February 1945 to the very last days of World War II.