Description
Book SynopsisFor centuries, battleships provided overwhelming firepower at sea. They were not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation’s power, wealth and pride. The rise of the aircraft carrier following the Japanese aerial strike on Pearl Harbor in 1941 highlighted the vulnerabilities of the battleship, bringing about its demise as a dominant class of warship.
This book offers a detailed guide to the major types of battleships to fight in the two World Wars. Explore HMS Dreadnought, the first of a class of fast, big-gun battleships to be developed at the beginning of the 20th century; see the great capital ships that exchanged salvos at the battle of Jutland, including the German battlecruiser Derfflinger, which sank the British battleship Queen Mary; find out about the destruction of HMS Hood, which exploded after exchanging fire with the Bismarck, which itself was sunk after a trans-Atlantic chase by a combination of battery fire and aircraft-launched torpedoes; and be amazed at the ‘super-battleship’ Yamato, which despite its size and firepower, made minimal contribution to Japan’s war effort and was sunk by air attack during the defence of Okinawa.
Illustrated with more than 120 vivid artworks and photographs, Technical Guide: Battleships of World War I and World War II is an essential reference guide for modellers and naval warfare enthusiasts.
Table of ContentsContents to include:
World War I:
Jaureguiberry 1896
Canopus 1899
Kearsarge 1900
Mikasa 1902
Tsessarevitch 1903
Dreadnought 1906
Schleswig-Holstein 1908
South Carolina 1910
Hercules 1911
Lion 1912
Wyoming 1912
Derfflinger 1913
Kongo 1913
Royal Oak (or Revenge) 1914
Texas 1914
Andrea Doria 1915
Queen Elizabeth 1915
Barham 1915
Canada 1915
Fuso 1915
Provence 1915
Nevada 1916
Bayern 1916
Royal Sovereign 1916
Courageous 1917
Ise 1917
Mississippi 1917
World War II:
Hood 1920
Nagato 1920
Jaime I 1922
Rodney 1927
Lutzow/Graf Spee 1933
Gneisenau 1938
Dunkerque 1937
Scharnhorst 1939
Littorio 1940
Bismarck 1940
Prince of Wales 1940
Richelieu 1940
Yamato 1940
Vittorio Veneto 1940
Prince of Wales 1941
Tirpitz 1941
Howe 1942
Indiana 1942
Iowa 1943
Missouri 1944
Guam 1944
Vanguard 1946
