US Navy Carrier Aircraft vs IJN Yamato Class Battleships: Pacific Theater 1944–45

An illustrated account of how American torpedo-armed Avengers and Helldiver dive-bombers destroyed the largest battleships ever built.

As the Pacific War approached a crescendo, the clashes between swarming US Navy carrier aircraft, and the gigantic Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Yamato-class battleships became symbolic of the fortunes of the two nations.

They also served as a metaphor for the profound changes in naval technology and doctrine that the war had brought about. The two opposing forces were the most powerful of their kind - the Japanese Yamato and Musashi were the biggest most heavily armored and armed battleships ever built, while US carrier aviation had evolved into a well-oiled, war-winning machine.

With detailed analysis of the technical features of the opposing war machines and a gripping account of the fighting itself, this vividly illustrated work presents views from the cockpits of US Navy Divebombers, and down the sights of IJN anti-aircraft guns, during two of the most dramatic naval engagements ever fought.

• | Author: Mark Stille, Jim Laurier
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2015
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781472808493
• | ISBN-10: 1472808495