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As retired military and a student of the Pacific Theatre I found this to be an outstanding addition to my collection. At times the specific details tend to wear the reader down but what becomes evident is that these details shed a tremendous amount of insight into other works. Many times authors and historians have gone to great effort to identify vessels involved in specific operations on specific dates. This book allows the reader to reference those ships and assess their particular capabilities at that time. It becomes easier to see why senior naval leaders assigned particular vessels to certain operations. This book also allows the reader to reference the fate of each vessel. Again allowing the reader to see at different periods of the war why vessels not particularly suited for operations were used. Another big plus is the abundance of photographs. A good read by itself and an excellent reference after.Read full review
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This is an excellent reference work about the major Japanese warships from the aircraft carrier to the submarine. It is well illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Each ship's details are discussed including design and construction, armament, modifications and wartime service. The book is well organized, packed with information and easy to read. There should have been more detail (the names of ships involved in an action) in the service histories of the ships and the section on the service histories of the submarines is much too brief and lacking in details. Overall this is an very good reference work.
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I've only read parts of the book so far, but I'm happy and impressed with the book: it's a great info book on the warships of the IJN. A great reference book--I build scale models of World War II navy ships so this book helps in building them as well as letting me learn more about these ships. I also own, by Mark Stille, the companion book on the United States Navy ships of the war.
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Very interesting book packed with information and illustrations about the Japanese Navy.
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