Japanese Battleships 1897 - 1945 (0853687587) SHIPS

Japanese Battleships 1897 - 1945 (0853687587)

This unprecedented photographic collection contains 125 stunning black and white photographs of the battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The remarkable images, some very rare, constitute an archive that is almost without equal in the West. The book begins with the launch of Japan's first contemporary battleship, Yashima and concludes with the final destruction of the fleet in the Pacific in 1945. In between these two milestones, Japan constructed the third largest navy in the world. All of the fleet's dreadnoughts saw action in World War II but only the Nagato survived the conflict. She subsequently became a test target in the Bikini A-bomb tests in 1946.

Published by Arms and Armour Press 1989 - author: RA Burt - soft cover - pre-owned - condition: very good