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  • Leyte Gulf

    A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle

    by Mark Stille ...
    A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that saw the Imperial Japanese Navy eliminated as an effective fighting force and forced to resort to suicide tactics.Leyte was a huge and complex action, actually consisting of four major battles, each of which are broken ... Read more

    $18.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan's Greatest Disaster

    by Mark Stille ...
    A detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy that saw the USA enter World War II.In this the first comprehensive treatment of Pearl Harbor since the early 1990s. respected Pacific War naval historian Mark E. Stille traces the road to war and the Japanese attack itself. He examines the role of the man behind the operation, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, as well as ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The United States Navy in World War II

    From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa

    by Mark Stille ...
    A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945.Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific Theatre, the US was thereafter locked into ... Read more

    $26.89 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • US Navy Pacific Fleet 1942–43

    Guadalcanal to the Solomons

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 24 - Fleet
    The savage naval battles of Guadalcanal, New Guinea and the Solomons were transformative for the US Navy. Fully illustrated, this analyses the fleet's capabilities and combat in this period.The naval battles of 1942–43 around Guadalcanal and in the Solomons were some of the fiercest and most closely contested of the Pacific War. The campaigns included most of the surface actions of the war, as ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

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  • Battle of the Atlantic (3)

    The Final Collapse of the U-Boats, 1943–45

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 439 - Campaign
    The dramatic conclusion to the Battle of the Atlantic series, highlighting how the Germans lost their edge in the water at the end of the war.In May 1943, Admiral Dönitz's U-boat force suffered a decisive loss in the North Atlantic. Forced to abandon the attacks, he switched the focus of U-boat operations to the central Atlantic, but was met and defeated by US Navy escort carrier groups. In ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

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  • New Guinea 1942–43

    Halting the last Japanese advance

    by Mark Stille, John Rogers ...
    Series Book 56 - Air Campaign
    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.Mark Stille and John Rogers offer a new history of a previously neglected part of the South Pacific air war - the battles over New Guinea and the waters around it. The first of two books on the subject, drawing on Japanese, American ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

  • Super-Battleships of World War II

    Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A-150 and Sovetsky Soyuz-class

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 314 - New Vanguard
    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.Before the start of World War II, the battleship was still king, and all the major powers were designing even mightier battleships to surpass their most modern and powerful classes. But when war broke out, aircraft carriers would dominate naval ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • Leyte Gulf 1944 (1)

    The Battles of the Sibuyan Sea and Samar

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 370 - Campaign
    The first in a two-part study of the October 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese.In October 1944, the US prepared to invade the Philippines to cut Japan off from its resource areas in Southeast Asia. The Japanese correctly predicted this, and prepared a complex operation to use the remaining strength of its navy to defend its possessions.In the Battle ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

  • The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War

    by Mark Stille ...
    A highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II.The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This was a remarkable turnaround for a navy that only began to modernize in 1868 ... Read more

    $34.19 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945–92

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 331 - New Vanguard
    The Midway-class were the US Navy's biggest carriers built during World War II. Superbly illustrated, this explains how they became the backbone of the Cold War fleet.Entering service in September 1945, the Midway-class aircraft carrier was the US Navy's ultimate World War II-era design, and these would be its frontline carriers as the Cold War dawned. A fine design and one big enough to accept ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941–42

    Striking back in the months to Midway

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 22 - Fleet
    Illustrated throughout, an expert account of the US Pacific Fleet in the crucial six months between Pearl Harbor and its revenge at Midway.Despite the damage inflicted at Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet still had the ability to hit back. In this book, US Navy expert Mark Stille explains and assesses the fleet's response to the apparent disaster, and how its actions led to the decisive victory at ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

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  • Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945–91

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 310 - New Vanguard
    A history of the enduring Essex-class ships, the US Navy's finest and most numerous fleet carrier during World War II, which were modernized repeatedly and served with distinction.The Essex class was the USN's war-winning ship class of the Pacific War. Of the 24 ships completed, 14 saw action, making the Essex class the largest class of fleet aircraft carriers ever built. These ships had a fine ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD