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Guadalcanal 1942-43 - The Cactus Air Force and Japan's Bid to Destroy Henderson Field by Mark Stille; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
This new title tells the story of Japan's long-range air campaign to destroy the "Cactus Air Force" on Guadalcanal, why Henderson Field was so vital to both sides, and how the Allies defeated the previously all-conquering Japanese.The campaign for Guadalcanal, which stretched from August 1942 until Febr ...Show more
Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (2) - Asashio to Tachibana Classes by Mark Stille; Paul Wright (Illustrator)
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
During the Pacific War, at Java Sea, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, throughout the Solomons, Marianas, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa campaigns, destroyers were the backbone of every fleet. Arguably the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships wer ...Show more
Italian Destroyers of World War II by Mark Stille
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War with one of the largest fleets in the world. Included in this was a total of 59 fleet destroyers, and others were added during the war. These were a diverse collection of ships dating back to the First World War, large destroyers bui ...Show more
Java Sea 1942 - Japan's Conquest of the Netherlands East Indies by Mark Stille; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
Category: History | Series: Campaign Ser.
A highly illustrated study of the battle of the Java Sea, a key Japanese victory in their advance throughout Southeast Asia.The battle of the Java Sea, fought in February 1942, was the first major surface engagement of the Pacific War and one of the few naval battles of the entire war fought to a decisi ...Show more
Midway - The Pacific War's Most Famous Battle by Mark Stille
Category: Military
A detailed re-examination of Midway, one of the most significant battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II. In April 1942, the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy was at the zenith of its power. It had struck a severe blow against the US Navy at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, before spearh ...Show more
Super-Battleships of World War II: Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A-150 and Sovetsky Soyuz-class by Mark Stille
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during World War II.Before the start of World War II, the battleship was still king, and all the major powers were designing even mightier battleships to surpass their ...Show more
The Coral Sea 1942 by Mark Stille
Category: Cap Link Damages SPECIALS | Series: Campaign
The Battle of the Coral Sea is unique in the annals of naval history. It is the first battle in which enemy fleets never came within sight of one another. Instead, aircraft launched from carrier decks were sent out to attack the enemy with bombs and torpedoes. In May of 1942, the Japanese fleet moved on ...Show more
The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War by Mark Stille
Category: Military | Series: General Military Ser.
An highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II.The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early mo ...Show more
The United States Navy in World War II - From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa by Mark Stille
Category: Military
A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations, and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945. Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the ta ...Show more
Tora! Tora! Tora!: Pearl Harbor 1941 by Mark Stille
Category: Military | Series: Raid 26
In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a massive air-strike against the American Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Supported by a group of midget submarines, the attack gutted the American battleship fleet but, owing to a lack of intelligence, the Amer ...Show more