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Fleets of World War II: Design History and Analysis for Every Ship of Every Navy (Revised Edition)

Fleets of World War II: Design History and Analysis for Every Ship of Every Navy (Revised Edition)

Hardcover

Naval HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 1608881601
ISBN13: 9781608881604
Publisher: Nimble Books
Published: Sep 3 2015
Pages: 778
Weight: 3.42
Height: 1.63 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Caught up in global chaos, the navies of World War II had to fight campaigns that rarely matched prewar planning. Each country found itself adapting its fleet compositions, ship designs, personnel training, and weaponry to ever-changing circumstances and ever-fluctuating resources-with varying degrees of success.

An understanding of the successes and failures requires an uncompromising critique of the tools of war. Fleets of World War II pins down the warships' actual qualities, a nation-by-nation survey covering everything from the mightiest battlewagons to modest patrol craft. After fifteen years as a staple of naval research, Fleets of World War II now appears in this updated edition with expanded text and more than 150 photographs.

Praise for the first edition:

With a substantial library of good books on the fighting ships of the last century and a half, I am glad to add Richard Worth's Fleets of World War II to my collection. -Frank Uhlig, Jr., U. S. Naval War College

This one book contains a perfect distillation of facts, theory and application on almost any ship that saw use in World War II. -Wargamer.com

Fleets of World War II probably represents the best single-volume comprehensive treatment of World War II warships available today. -William J. Jurens, Warship International

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