Battleships of World War II An illustrated history and country-by-country directory of warships, including battlecruisers and pocket battleships, that fought in the Second World War and beyond. Includes Hood, King George V, New Jersey, Iowa, Bismarck, Yam

by Hore, Capt. Peter

• ISBN13: 9781844763894
• ISBN10: 1844763897
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-12
• Publisher: Southwater

Summary

This authoritative reference book charts the development and history of the battleship from the end of World War I, through World War II and up to the present day. This period saw a dramatic change in the role of the battleship as a result of the vastly

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
The History of World War II Battleships
The naval treaties	p. 10
The Indian Ocean	p. 12
Cunningham and the battleship war in the Mediterranean	p. 14
Nemesis at Pearl Harbor	p. 16
Hunt for the Bismarck	p. 18
Battleship versus battleship in the Pacific	p. 20
Battleship war in the Pacific	p. 22
The German navy in World War II	p. 24
Convoy PQ17 and the Battles of the Barents Sea and the North Cape	p. 26
The battleship after World War II	p. 28
Where are they now?	p. 30
Directory of Battleships
Hood	p. 34
Queen Elizabeth - modernized	p. 36
Royal Sovereign class	p. 38
Nelson and Rodney	p. 40
King George V class	p. 42
Lion class and Vanguard	p. 44
Colorado class	p. 46
North Carolina class	p. 50
South Dakota class	p. 52
Iowa class and Iowa	p. 56
New Jersey	p. 58
Missouri	p. 60
Wisconsin	p. 62
Kentucky and Illinois/Alaska class	p. 64
Montana class	p. 65
Nagato and Mutsu	p. 66
Kaga and Tosa	p. 68
Yamato class	p. 70
Deutschland (Lutzow) and Admiral Scheer	p. 74
Admiral Graf Spee	p. 76
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau	p. 78
Bismarck	p. 80
Tirpitz	p. 82
Dunkerque and Strasbourg	p. 84
Richelieu class	p. 85
Conte di Cavour class (1933)	p. 86
Caio Duilio class (1937)	p. 87
Vittorio Veneto class	p. 88
Sovyetskiy Soyuz class	p. 90
Glossary	p. 92
Key to flags	p. 93
Acknowledgements	p. 94
Index	p. 95
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