A detailed account of the dramatic success and failures of Hitler's U-boats in the mid-war years during the best-known naval campaign of World War II.
This illustrated and detailed volume covers the capabilities and actions of two of the most compelling naval forces in history – the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carriers and their incomparably trained aviators, and the US ships which defended against them.
A compact account of the desperate measures taken by the Japanese against US Navy surface ships in late 1944. Their solution, suicide attacks by manned aircraft, was not only terrifying and effective, but it has fascinated military historians and readers ever since.
A fascinating exploration of the Japanese battleships, which saw service at Pearl Harbor, Leyte Gulf and Midway.
An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during World War II.
Lavishly illustrated, this book studies the role of airpower in the New Guinea battles of 1942–43, as the Allies checked and halted Japan's last significant offensives.
A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers.
A highly illustrated study of the Solomons campaign in 1943–44 from Guadalcanal, as the US forces advanced through the island chain, to the vital Japanese base at Rabaul.