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Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War Eric Lacroix, Linton Wells II
Publisher: Chatham Publishing

Built with a minimum amount of attention to the 1936 Naval Armaments treaty, the 18 ships of the six classes were the best cruisers at the beginning of the Pacific War, but as the war progressed they fell victim to U.S. On a personal note, I was delighted with President Harry Truman's decision to use the atom bomb, and bring the Pacific War to a conclusion. Chatham Publishing | 1999 | ISBN: 1861760582 | 903 pages | PDF | 83.21 MB. If everything went perfect for the Japanese in their war against the Allies (Pearl Harbor takes out the whole of the American Pacific fleet, quick taking of Dutch East Indies, Malaysia, actual victory and taking of Port Moresby and outlying islands of Australia, crushing victory against whatever the the Americans could One thing is conquering Australia and Pearl Harbor losing one carrier and some cruisers and destroyers while destroying almost all the US and UK fleet. They would have been a fair match for the rebult battlecruisers and heavy cruisers Japan was deploying to cover the invasion force coming from Saigon. I, like my shipmates had Following the established pattern of invading Japanese occupied territory in the Pacific, for several days prior to Invasion Day, Admiral Bull Halsey's battleships, heavy cruisers, supported by the Fleet destroyers would pour a solid curtain of high explosives onto the target areas. Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album Cruisers from Diamond Sha books. Mid-Pacific base at Midway Atoll, represented the strategic high-water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war. There is a vivid account of IJN air operations against the two ships, page 690 covering Sept 22-25. Book discusses construction, design and role of six classes of Heavy Cruisers built for Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and equipment they employed. The Battle of Midway, which was fought over and near the tiny U.S. Navy technology and cruiser construction. With her hunger for land, Japan's ravenous eyes turned to China, as well as the regions of the Pacific, including lands nominally under the control of the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands. The Pacific Book Untold Stories Civil War Stokes Aviation Prints 100 Greatest War Movies World War II Magazine Back Issues MHQ Magazine Back Issues Vietnam Magazine Back Issues Civil War Times Back Issues Aviation History Back Issues · Armchair General Forums In just 90 minutes, the Japanese had inflicted a devastating blow: five battleships were sunk, three battleships, three cruisers, and three destroyers were damaged, and nearly 200 aircraft were destroyed. The attack turned what had been a European conflict, with some to attack Japanese forces heading for Malaya as war broke out on the 8th. The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II was the third largest in the world and had some of the most powerful warships of the time. Of these eight damaged, two were raised, and with four repaired, six battleships returned to service later in the war. The Pacific War is usually held to have begun at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, when Japanese naval aircraft launched a surprise attack that crippled the US Pacific Fleet. Model Art no.13 5,500 ton Light Cruisers Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War by Lacroix/Wells Kojinsha Photo File no. The best accounts I have seen in English are those contained in Lacroix and Wells, Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War.