A detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy that saw the ...

A detailed re-examination of Midway, one of the most significant battles in the Pacific Theater o...

A detailed account of the dramatic success and failures of Hitler's U-boats in the mid-war years ...

New Guinea 1943-44

A highly illustrated study of the battle of the Java Sea, a key Japanese victory in their advance...

The campaign for Guadalcanal, which stretched from August 1942 until February 1943, centered on H...

The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) operated one of largest cruiser forces of World War II. As ...

During the struggle for the Mediterranean in World War II, British and Italian battleships entere...

During World War II, the United States built 72 light cruisers of various classes. In response to...

Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in th...

Leading up to the Pacific War, Japanese naval strategists believed that a decisive fleet engageme...

The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on US Navy surface ships, particularly heavily de...

Like their heavy cruiser brethren, the light cruisers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the ...

The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major Amer...

Italy's navy, the Regia Marina, was the fourth-largest naval force in the world at the outbreak o...

This fully illustrated study examines and compares the roles of the US Navy submarines and the Im...

In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a massive air-strik...

During the Pacific War, arguably the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was...

When the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed Russia's battle fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, it...

This book dramatically reveals the experiences of the airmen and guncrews of the rival vessels as...

For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya ...

Dominating the seas during World War II, the US aircraft carrier played a crucial role in every m...

The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and...

Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war...

The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier-­based attack aircraft was established...

A fresh, new study on the overlooked history of the backbone of the Cold War US Navy, the go-anyw...

The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II possessed the most technologically advanced and varied...

During the Pacific War, at Java Sea, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, throughout the Solomons, Mar...

In October 1944, the US prepared to invade the Philippines to cut Japan off from its resource are...

During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealt...

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was quickly followed by a rapid invasion of Malaya, a plan...

In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This b...

While not as famous as their larger and faster sister ships such as the Essex- and Yorktown-class...

Using black and white contemporary photographs, illuminative maps and stunning battle scene illus...

In 1993 Osprey Publishing released the 30th volume in its now legendary Campaign series, entitled...

This book covers the fierce night naval battles fought between the US Navy and the Imperial Japan...

In the build-up to World War II both the United States and Japan believed their battleships would...

The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922. Despite being conv...

A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1...

Written by US Navy expert Mark Stille, this book offers a unique insight into the Standard-type c...

The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first...

After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, t...

As the Pacific War approached a crescendo, the clashes between swarming US Navy carrier aircraft,...

The rival battlecruisers first clashed in January 1915 at Dogger Bank in the North Sea and althou...

From the stunning victory at Pearl Harbor to its dramatic reversal at Midway, the Imperial Japane...

In 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) went to war with a marginal anti-submarine warfare (ASW...

A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers, a formidable foe for A...

This book completes an authoritative two-part study on the Standard-type US battleships of World ...