Fleets of World War II

by Worth, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780306811166
• ISBN10: 0306811162
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-03
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

For decades, the legions of World War II buffs interested in Allied and Axis naval history were limited to expensive, multi-volume works written for specialists. No longer will this be the case. Fleets of World War II, packed with data and illustrated throughout, is not a simple list of ships but a fascinating and often pungent appraisal of those ships and the fleets they served. Japan built the world's largest battleships with guns bigger than anything in the Allied arsenal-but was bigger in fact better? The British engaged in a wartime flurry of ship production-but did they build the ships they needed for victory? Fleets of World War II dispels the clutter, providing a straightforward appraisal that is nothing short of revelatory.A complete resource, the book includes every nation that took part in the war, along with the key neutrals. Each fleet is surveyed in totality, from the mighty battleships to the humble motor launches. The systematic, plain-English presentation makes for easy reference: nation by nation, ship by ship, with a multitude of details on design, strategy, and combat available nowhere else.

Author Biography

Richard Worth, a free-lance writer and contributor to the Naval Gazette, has won the Award for Excellence in Military History from the Association of the United States Army. He lives in Florida.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Explanatory Notes	vii
Abbreviations	viii
The World Not Yet At War	ix
Albania	1	(1)
Argentina	1	(2)
Austria	3	(1)
Belgium	3	(1)
Bolivia	3	(1)
Brazil	3	(3)
Bulgaria	6	(1)
Chile	6	(2)
China	8	(3)
Colombia	11	(1)
Costa Rica	12	(1)
Cuba	12	(1)
Czechoslovakia	12	(1)
Denmark	13	(2)
Dominican Republic	15	(1)
Ecuador	15	(1)
Egypt	15	(1)
El Salvador	16	(1)
Estonia	16	(1)
Ethiopia	16	(1)
Finland	16	(4)
France	20	(20)
Germany	40	(35)
Great Britain	75	(59)
Greece	134	(3)
Guatemala	137	(1)
Haiti	137	(1)
Honduras	137	(1)
Hungary	137	(1)
Iceland	137	(1)
Iran	137	(1)
Iraq	138	(1)
Italy	139	(25)
Japan	164	(51)
Latvia	215	(1)
Lebanon	215	(1)
Liberia	215	(1)
Lithuania	215	(1)
Luxembourg	215	(1)
Mexico	215	(1)
Monaco	216	(1)
Mongolia	216	(1)
The Netherlands	216	(10)
Nicaragua	226	(1)
Norway	226	(3)
Panama	229	(1)
Paraguay	229	(1)
Peru	229	(1)
Poland	230	(2)
Portugal	232	(2)
Romania	234	(2)
San Marino	236	(1)
Saudi Arabia	236	(1)
Soviet Union	236	(24)
Spain	260	(4)
Sweden	264	(5)
Syria	269	(1)
Thailand	269	(2)
Turkey	271	(2)
United States	273	(60)
Uruguay	333	(1)
Venezuela	333	(1)
Yugoslavia	333	(4)
Select Bibliography	337