Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014. — 156 p. No one can deny that during those long and dreary months after Pearl Harbor the Japanese humiliated us in the Pacific We were astonished—fatally so—at the unexpected quality of Japanese equipment. Because we committed the unforgivable error of underestimating a potential enemy, our antiquated planes fell like flies before Japan’s agile...
St. Martin's Press, 1987. — 146 p. The Battleship Shinano is believed to be the largest and most heavily armored carrier ever built, and some naval historians have reported that it had a final displacement of more than 69,000 tons. It went on to achieve the dubious honor of becoming probably the largest warship ever sunk. Laid down as a Yamato-class battleship, the Shinano was...
Osprey Publishing, 1979. — 48 p. — (Osprey Airwar 21). This book traces the combat histories of Japanese Carrier Air Groups in the Pacific Theatre of World War 2. The major aircraft types operated by the groups during this period are all covered, and the missions covered include Guadalcanal and Midway. Aircraft markings and aircrew uniforms are shown in full colour illustrations.
Naval Inst Pr, 1989. — 468 p. Offers profiles of top Japanese pilots, traces the history of specific fighter units, and explains Japanese naval terminology
Grub Street, 2012. — 693 p. An extensive guide to Japan’s Naval Air Force Fighter Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and ‘40s, now in English. The book begins by looking at the land- and aircraft carrier-based navy fighter units and their operations from 1932 to 1945, as well as their history and achievements. This is followed with biographical details for...
Publisher info not specified, 2015. — 693 p. This is the autobiography of Jūzõ Mori, a torpedo bomber pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Never before translated into English, this book gives a vivid depiction of what it was like to fly and fight for the IJN. Contents include the author's youth in pre-war Japan, joining the navy and training to become a pilot, and...
Publisher info not specified, 2015. — 693 p. This is the autobiography of Jūzõ Mori, a torpedo bomber pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Never before translated into English, this book gives a vivid depiction of what it was like to fly and fight for the IJN. Contents include the author's youth in pre-war Japan, joining the navy and training to become a pilot, and...
Naval Institute Press, 2013. — 392 p. This acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prize winning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific war. In the process of explaining the navy s essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the most detailed account available in English...
Classic Publications, 2003. — 208 p. Captain Minoru Genda was the mastermind behind the raid on Pearl Harbor. He was commander of the 343 Kokutai-an elite unit of handpicked pilots chosen to fly Japan's newest and most advanced fighter, the Shiden-Kai (George), in the bitter defensive air battles over the Japanese homeland during the first half of 1945. The authors have spent...
Kagero, 2015. — 100 p. Soryu meaning "Blue (or Green) Dragon") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the mid-1930s. A sister ship, Hiryū, was intended to follow Sōryū, but Hiryū 's design was heavily modified and she is often considered to be a separate class. Their aircraft supported the Japanese invasion of French Indochina in mid-1940....
Osprey Publishing, 2007. — 97 p. — (Segunda Guerra Mundial 08). — ISBN 9781472856587. mesas nubes de algodón cubrían el cielo azul. El teniente de navio Mitsuo Matsukazi empujó la palanca de mando e hizo que su Nakajima ari B5N2 Tipo 97 («Kate» en el código de identificación estadounidense), matriculado AI-301, picase a través de las nubes hasta encontrar de nuevo cielo azul,...
Naval Institute Press, 2022. — 272 p. Japanese Carriers and Victory in the Pacific focuses on the pre-war debate between building a new generation of super-battleships or adopting aircraft carriers as the capital ships of the future. An Asian power in particular sees carriers as a way of challenging the USA and the colonial empires initially losing the contest yet coming out...
Цитадель, 1995. — 34 с.
Книга повествует о японских авианосцах «Сёкаку» и «Дзуйкаку», которые принимали участие почти во всех ожесточенных авианосных битвах Второй Мировой войны. Эти два авианосца приняли активное участие в первой своей боевой операции - налете на американскую базу в Тихом океане Перл-Харбор.
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