Japanese Combined Fleet 1941-42
Launching Osprey's new Fleet series, this is a spectacularly illustrated, concise and comprehensive account of the Imperial Japanese Navy's striking force at the height of its power.The Imperial…
Specifikacia Japanese Combined Fleet 1941-42
Launching Osprey's new Fleet series, this is a spectacularly illustrated, concise and comprehensive account of the Imperial Japanese Navy's striking force at the height of its power.The Imperial Japanese Navy entered the Pacific War as one of the three strongest navies in the world, and its Combined Fleet was its most powerful formation. It enjoyed an unrivaled string of successes, shocking the world with the destructive raid on Pearl Harbor. In the months that followed, the fleet shattered US Navy, British, Australian, and Dutch naval forces while seizing their colonies. But defeat at the Battle of Midway ended Japan's supremacy, and marked the first major turning point of Japan's fortunes.Packed with superb original artwork, maps, and 3D diagrams, this book explains what made the Combined Fleet the fighting force that it was, both in strengths and weaknesses. It