Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941–45

Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941–45 cover

Description

Like their heavy cruiser brethren, the light cruisers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the build-up to WWII paid little more than lip service to the international naval treaties that were intended to keep the naval powers on a level playing field. The eight classes of light cruiser developed by the IJN were fast, well-armed, and technologically superior to the fleets the Allied powers could bring to bear. Serving with distinction across the Pacific Theatre, the IJN's light cruisers were committed to such actions as Midway and Leyte Gulf. Mark Stille continues Osprey's coverage of the IJN of WWII, with this concise and complete study of all 25 ships of the 8 light cruisers classes, from their design and development through to their ultimate fates. Detailed Osprey artwork and rare period photographs from the Fukui collection held in Kure, Japan, illustrate this discussion and provide great visual references for some of the most advanced naval vessels of WWII.

Table of Contents

Introduction • Japanese naval strategy and the role of the light cruiser • Japanese light cruiser tactics • Japanese light cruiser design and development and impact of the Washington and London Naval Treaties • Japanese light cruiser weapons • Japanese light cruiser radar • The Light Cruiser Classes (Tenryu Class, Tama Class, Nagara Class, Sendai Class, Yubari Class, Agano Class, Oyodo Class, Katori Class) • Analysis and Conclusion

Product details

Published Feb 21 2012
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781849085625
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 50 b/w; 7 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 187
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Mark Stille

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Paul Wright

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