| Japanese Battleships, 1897-1945: A Photographic Archive Contributor(s): Burt, R. A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1591145635 ISBN-13: 9781591145639 Publisher: US Naval Institute Press OUR PRICE: $48.56 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Military - Pictorial - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 359.325 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.9" W x 10.6" (2.20 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burt, R. A.: - R. A. Burt is the author of British Battleships, 1889�1904, British Battleships, 1919�1945, and British Battleships of World War One. |