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  • USN Cruiser vs IJN Cruiser

    Guadalcanal 1942

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 22 - Duel
    Although the war in the Pacific is usually considered a carrier war, it was the cruisers that dominated the early fighting.This thrilling duel presents the cruiser clashes during the battles for Guadalcanal, highlighting the Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Cape Esperance. The first was a Japanese victory that resulted in the loss of four Allied cruisers. However, in the latter, the ... En savoir plus

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  • US Navy Ships vs Kamikazes 1944–45

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 76 - Duel
    The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on US Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets like carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to re-evaluate their tactics in late 1944.The solution they arrived at was simple – crash their aircraft into American ships. This notion of self-sacrifice fit well within the Japanese warrior psyche and proved terrifying to the American ... En savoir plus

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  • USN PT Boat vs IJN Destroyer

    Tokyo Express 1942–43

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 141 - Duel
    This fully illustrated book assesses the trial of strength between US Navy PT boats and Japanese destroyers operating in the Solomon Islands during 1942–43.During the Solomons fighting, the IJN was forced to rely on destroyers to move men and materiel to its forward garrisons. Conducted at night to avoid American air power, these missions, first seen during the struggle for Guadalcanal, were ... En savoir plus

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  • US Navy Carrier Aircraft vs IJN Yamato Class Battleships

    Pacific Theater 1944–45

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 69 - Duel
    As the Pacific War approached a crescendo, the clashes between swarming US Navy carrier aircraft, and the gigantic Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Yamato-class battleships became symbolic of the fortunes of the two nations.They also served as a metaphor for the profound changes in naval technology and doctrine that the war had brought about. The two opposing forces were the most powerful of their ... En savoir plus

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  • British Battlecruiser vs German Battlecruiser

    1914–16

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 56 - Duel
    The rival battlecruisers first clashed in January 1915 at Dogger Bank in the North Sea and although the battle was a British tactical victory with neither side losing any of its battlecruisers, the differences in the designs of the British and German ships were already apparent.The two sides responded very differently to this first clash; while the Germans improved their ammunition-handling ... En savoir plus

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  • USN Carriers vs IJN Carriers

    The Pacific 1942

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 6 - Duel
    This book dramatically reveals the experiences of the airmen and guncrews of the rival vessels as they battled for victory in a duel of skill, tenacity and guts.The IJN was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first carrier, which was used against the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. The Americans followed suit, initiating a huge aircraft carrier development program. As the War in ... En savoir plus

    $19.89 CAD

  • British Battlecruiser vs German Battlecruiser

    1914–16

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 56 - Duel
    The rival battlecruisers first clashed in January 1915 at Dogger Bank in the North Sea and although the battle was a British tactical victory with neither side losing any of its battlecruisers, the differences in the designs of the British and German ships were already apparent.The two sides responded very differently to this first clash; while the Germans improved their ammunition-handling ... En savoir plus

    $19.89 CAD

  • USN Cruiser vs IJN Cruiser

    Guadalcanal 1942

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 22 - Duel
    Although the war in the Pacific is usually considered a carrier war, it was the cruisers that dominated the early fighting.This thrilling duel presents the cruiser clashes during the battles for Guadalcanal, highlighting the Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Cape Esperance. The first was a Japanese victory that resulted in the loss of four Allied cruisers. However, in the latter, the ... En savoir plus

    $19.89 CAD

  • British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought

    Jutland 1916

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 31 - Duel
    A fascinating look at how naval design was revolutionized in the early years of the 20th century and how the rival designs were put to the ultimate test at the battle of Jutland in 1916.In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This book tells the story of the British and German battleships of these two great fleets – from their development as the ... En savoir plus

    $19.89 CAD

  • British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought

    Jutland 1916

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 31 - Duel
    A fascinating look at how naval design was revolutionized in the early years of the 20th century and how the rival designs were put to the ultimate test at the battle of Jutland in 1916.In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This book tells the story of the British and German battleships of these two great fleets – from their development as the ... En savoir plus

    $19.89 CAD

  • US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft

    1941–42

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 105 - Duel
    The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier-based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJN's carrier-based torpedo and dive-bombers showed their prowess again at the Battle of Coral Sea when they sank the US Navy carrier USS Lexington and damaged the carrier USS Yorktown.Even at the disastrous Battle of Midway, the relatively small number of IJNAF attack- and ... En savoir plus

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  • USN Submarine vs IJN Antisubmarine Escort

    The Pacific, 1941–45

    par Mark Stille ...
    Collections Livre 117 - Duel
    This fully illustrated study examines and compares the roles of the US Navy submarines and the Imperial Japanese Navy's anti-submarine warfare capabilities during World War II.In 1941 and 1942, US Navy submarine operations in the Pacific were largely ineffective, hampered by faulty torpedo design, conservative tactics, and insufficiently aggressive submarine captains. Eventually, though, a new ... En savoir plus

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