{"product_id":"the-japanese-submarine-force-and-world-war-ii","title":"The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boyd, Carl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e US Naval Institute Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eUsed Book in Good Condition\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-12-1995\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e The fact that Japanese submarines were relatively ineffective in World War II, particularly when compared with those of the Americans and Germans, has long been acknowledged, but the reasons cited for their shortcomings have been varied and based on limited information. Now, a noted American naval historian and a Japanese mariner have painstakingly recorded and evaluated a diverse array of material - much of it only recently declassified - and drawn authoritative new conclusions. The focus of their examination is American wartime intercepts of secret Japanese radio messages and official Japanese sources.\nThis study reaches back to the development of the first Japanese 103-ton Holland-type submersible craft in 1905 and continues through the 1945 surrender of the largest submarine in the world, the 5,300-ton I-400 that carried three airplanes. Submarine weapons, equipment, personnel, and shore support systems are discussed first in the context of Japanese naval preparations for war, and later during the attrition of war.\nThe authors fully analyze a series of successes and missed opportunities in submarine operations in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans, from the California coast to German-occupied France. The appendixes include lists of Japanese submarine losses and biographies of key submarine officers with the rank of lieutenant commander and above. Nineteen rare illustrations and fourteen specially commissioned operational maps enhance the text. Specialists and World War II submarine buffs alike will appreciate the efforts undertaken by these two men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557500809\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"US Naval Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51736281153837,"sku":"0000005141","price":39.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/5853\/5981\/files\/71AM4pMJDBL.jpg?v=1767947815","url":"https:\/\/silkroadstore.us\/products\/the-japanese-submarine-force-and-world-war-ii","provider":"Silk Road Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}