Description
Product ID: | 9781849089845 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | New Vanguard |
Title: | Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (1) |
Subtitle: | Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes |
Authors: | Author: Mark Stille, Paul Wright |
Page Count: | 48 |
Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Maritime history, Military vehicles, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Maritime history, Military & naval ships, Japan, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Details the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers that was built before the war. This book includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world. During the Pacific War, arguably the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were generally larger than their Allied counterparts and were better armed in most cases. Armed with a large, long-range torpedo (eventually called Long Lance by the Allies), these ships proved themselves as formidable opponents. In the first part of the war, Japanese destroyers were instrumental in an unbroken string of Japanese victories. However, it was not until the Guadalcanal campaign that these ships fully demonstrated their power. In a series of night actions, these ships devastated Allied task forces with a number of daring night attacks using their deadly torpedoes. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-03-20 |