London: Conway Maritime Press Ltd., 1986. — 188 p. — ISBN: 0851773966. Japanese interest in submarines began with the Russo-Japanese conflict of 1904-1905. Both Russia and Japan purchased submarines from the USA, but these small craft were not used in combat. Japan continued to purchase foreign-built submarines and designs, and the Imperial Japanese Navy subsequently initiated...
Osprey Publishing, 2014. — 493 p. A fresh look at the disastrous Java Sea Campaign of 1941–1942 which heralded a wave of Japanese naval victories in the Pacific but which eventually sowed the seeds of their eventual change in fortunes. In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese juggernaut quickly racked up victory after victory. Desperate to secure resource-rich...
Naval Institute Press, 2012. — 696 p. One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation. Years of painstaking research and analysis of previously untapped Japanese-language resources...
Greenhill Books, 1992. — 173 p. A detailed catalogue of ships surrendered to the US, compiled by Imperial Japanese Navy Constructor Fukui in 1945, and published by US Naval intelligence in 1947. For the new edition, 100 photos augment the original line drawings, and an introduction explains the historical context.
Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. — 272 p. In Post-war Japan as a Sea Power, Alessio Patalano incorporates new, exclusive source material to develop an innovative approach to the study of post-war Japan as a military power. This archival-based history of Asia's most advanced navy, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), looks beyond the traditional perspective of viewing the...
Squadron/Signal Publications, 2006. — 58 p. — (Warships No. 26). An excellent staple bound, paperback reference. Complete coverage, inside and out, of the Imperial Japanese Navy's complete heavy cruiser fleet during WWII. Detailed photographic coverage from all aspects including never before published photos! Heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs accompanied with...
Squadron/Signal Publications, 2006. — 58 p. — (Warships No. 25). 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,...
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...
Osprey Publishing, 2014. — 390 p. A valuable reference source for Pacific War enthusiasts and historians, «The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War» provides a history of the IJN’s deployment and engagements, analysis of the evolution of strategy and tactics, and finally addresses the question of whether it truly was a modern navy, fully prepared for the rigors of combat...
Classic Warships Publishing, 2001. — 72 p. — ISBN: 0-9719687-1-2. Photos and profile and plan drawings of Kongo class battleships at at least three different points in their careers.
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