naval operations

Traces the history of battleships, from the ironclads of the nineteenth century to the giant warships of the twentieth, emphasizing the role they played in the two world wars.

Tells the story of the sinking of the USS "Indianapolis" in 1945, Captain Charles McVay's court-martial for the disaster, and the U.S. Navy's official statement over fifty years later--and thirty-three years after his suicide--that he was not to blame.

Tells the story of the Yamato, the first of a class of superships built by Japan before World War II, and its doomed mission against U.S. forces in southern Okinawa in April 1945.

A guide to warships used by the world's navies during World War II. Entries are arranged alphabetically by country, with over 1,000 illustrations.

Presents the fifty-year history of the famous battleship, the "Mighty Mo," focusing on her role in World War II.

Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima and discusses the heroic struggles of sailors who survived the blast to stay alive in the sea for nearly five days before help arrived.

Chronicles the British Navy's two-thousand-mile chase to sink the German battleship "Bismarck" in May 1941 after it sunk the British battleship, the HMS "Hood, " during the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

An account of the June, 1942, air battle between American and Japanese forces which proved a decisive defeat for the Japanese and the turning point of the war in the Pacific.