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  • The Battleship Scharnhorst

    by Stefan Draminski ...
    Series series Anatomy of The Ship
    The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau.She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed with nine 28cm C/34 guns in three triple turrets. She operated with Gneisenau for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • The Battleship USS Iowa

    by Stefan Draminski ...
    Series series Anatomy of The Ship
    USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship in one of the most famous classes of battleships ever commissioned into the US Navy.Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign, and sunk her first enemy ship, the Katori. The Iowa went on to serve across a number of pivotal Pacific War campaigns, including at the battles of the Philippine Sea ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Nagato-class Battleships 1920–46

    The Imperial Japanese Navy's super-dreadnoughts

    by Stefan Draminski ...
    Series Book 346 - New Vanguard
    An illustrated study of Japan's Nagato-class battleships: the IJN's powerful super-dreadnoughts, which were heavily modernized to fight in World War II.Illustrated with the author's much-acclaimed 3D reconstructions, naval researcher Stefan Draminski offers a technical and operational study of Nagato and Mutsu, Japan's most powerful battleships of the dreadnought era.They were the world's first ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • US Navy Atlanta-class Light Cruisers 1940–49

    by Mark Lardas ...
    Series Book 340 - New Vanguard
    A comprehensively illustrated account of the Atlanta-class cruisers, warships that found a surprising key role in the Pacific War as the US Navy's superb antiaircraft warships.In the late 1930s, the US Navy created a class of small, light cruisers intended as a versatile destroyer leader. The Atlantas could provide antiaircraft support, lead and launch torpedo attacks, serve as antisubmarine ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • US Fast Battleships 1938–91

    The Iowa class

    by Lawrence Burr ...
    Series Book 172 - New Vanguard
    In 1938, the United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Treaty and began work on a new class of super-battleships.This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. During World War II, they served as guards for the aircraft carriers and their bombardments provided cover for the numerous landings ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942–45

    WWII-built ships

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 130 - New Vanguard
    Aircraft carriers were the US Navy's principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War.Development of the Essex class began in 1939, becoming the largest class of carrier ever to be built. Early in the Pacific War it became renowned for its 'Sunday Punch' of 36 fighter planes, 36 dive bombers, and 18 torpedo planes. Alongside the lighter Independence class, these carriers formed the formidable ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922–45

    Prewar classes

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 114 - New Vanguard
    The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922.Despite being converted into an aircraft tender, it was the first step in a new direction for the US Navy and naval warfare. This book covers the design, development and operation of USN aircraft carriers built prior to World War II, including their aircraft and weaponry.It also explains their various successes and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Imperial Japanese Navy Submarines 1941–45

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 135 - New Vanguard
    During World War II the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the forefront of submarine technology.It fielded the largest pre-nuclear submarines in the world, some capable of carrying floatplane bombers, which operated alongside fast combat vessels and midget submarines, all equipped with the best torpedoes available. The Japanese submarine fleet should have been an awe-inspiring force but, despite ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Battleships of the United States Navy

    by Michael Green ...
    Series series Images of War
    This pictorial history of US battleships illustrates the power, versatility, and many combat operations of this naval stalwart across the 20th century.Between 1895 and 1944, the US Navy commissioned some 60 steel-clad battleships; from the USS Indiana (BB-1) to the USS Missouri (BB-63). After an impressive showing in the Spanish-American War and the Great White Fleet's circumnavigation of the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Submarine

    A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship

    by Tom Clancy, John Gresham ...
    Series Book 1 - Tom Clancy's Military Referenc
    Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Mr. Clancy's magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, every civilian can enter this top secret world...the weapons, the procedures, the people themselves...the startling facts behind the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Unknown Battle of Midway

    The Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons

    by Alvin Kernan ...
    Series series The Yale Library of Military History
    "A memoir and more . . . Kernan brings this maritime battle superbly to life. . . . And he narrates the air assault in gripping detail" ( The Wall Street Journal).The Battle of Midway is considered the greatest US naval victory, but behind the luster is the devastation of the American torpedo squadrons. Of the 51 planes sent to attack Japanese carriers only 7 returned, and of the 127 aircrew only ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships 1941-45

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 146 - New Vanguard
    The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and technology.This illustrated guide covers the 12 Japanese battleships that saw service between 1941 and 1945, including the mighty Yamato. Each class is considered in light of its design and construction, its armament and wartime modifications. Mark Stille uses primary sources and dramatic photographs ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD