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I-400

Author : Henry Sakaida
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955426810
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book I-400 written by Henry Sakaida and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The I-400 submarine was one of the most monstrous creations to emerge from World War II and, in its time, it was the largest submarine ever built. At more than 400 feet long, weighing 5,223 tons submerged, carrying a crew of nearly 200 and possessing a range of over 30,000 nautical miles, the I-400 featured state-of-the-art Japanese radar and 'stealth' technology and carried three Aichi M6A Seiran attack floatplanes in a water-tight tube-like hangar built onto the deck forward of and under its massive conning tower. In mid-1944 this secret weapon was tasked with attacking American cities and destroying the Panama Canal. The extraordinary story of this submarine is told using first-hand accounts from three of the original air crew assigned to fly the Seirans and former officers and crew of the I-400 as well as American naval personnel who crewed the vessel on its dramatic final voyage. Hundreds of remarkable photographs show external and internal views of the I-400, its hangar, aircraft, armament and equipment, and form a unique reference source for enthusiasts of World War II aviation and naval history.

Operation Storm

Author : John Geoghegan
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0770435734
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Operation Storm written by John Geoghegan and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron of top secret submarines—the Sen-toku or I-400 class—designed as underwater aircraft carriers, each equipped with three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (which translates as “storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The subs' mission was to travel more than halfway around the world, surface on the U.S. coast, and launch their deadly air attack. This entire operation was unknown to U.S. intelligence. And the amazing thing is how close the Japanese came to pulling it off. John Geoghegan’s meticulous research, including first-person accounts from the I-401 crew and the U.S. capturing party, creates a fascinating portrait of the Sen-toku's desperate push into Allied waters and the U.S. Navy's dramatic pursuit, masterfully illuminating a previously forgotten story of the Pacific war.

Japanese Anti-Submarine Aircraft in the Pacific War

Author : Ryusuke Ishiguro
Publisher : MMP
ISBN 13 : 9788365281395
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Anti-Submarine Aircraft in the Pacific War written by Ryusuke Ishiguro and published by MMP. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Anti-Submarine aircraft are not well known, and not very well covered in the literature. This book is the first in English on this subject. Details are provided of a wide selection of historic machines and fascinating color schemes, as well as full technical details. Described aircraft: * Aichi E13A Reisu (Jake) * Aichi H9A * Kawanishi E7K (Alf) * Kawanishi H6K (Mavis/Tillie) * Kawanishi H8K (Emilly) * Mitsubishi G3M (Nell) * Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) * Nakajima B5N (Kate) * Nakajima B6N Tenzan (Jill) * Kyushu Q1W Tokai (Lorna) * Q1W1-K Tokai Ren * Mitsubishi Q2M Taiyo * Kyushu K11W Shiragiku * Kyushu Q3W Nankai * Kayaba Ka-Go * Kokusai Ki-76 (Stella) * Kobeseiko Te-Go * Mitsubishi Ki-51 (Sonia) * Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Helen) * Tachikawa Ki-36 (Ida) * Tachikawa Ki-54 (Hickory)

The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II

Author : Akihiko Yoshida
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512062
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Book Synopsis The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II by : Akihiko Yoshida

Download or read book The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II written by Akihiko Yoshida and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily from Japanese sources and American wartime intercepts of secret Japanese radio messages, a noted American naval historian and a Japanese mariner painstakingly recorded and evaluated a diverse array of material about Japan's submarines in World War II. The study begins with the development of the first Japanese 103-ton Holland-type submergible craft in 1905 and continues through the 1945 surrender of the largest submarine in the world at the time, the 5300-ton I-400 class 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 war. Both successes and missed opportunities are analyzed in operations ranging from the California coast through the Pacific and Indian Oceans to the coast of German-occupied France. Appendixes include lists of Japanese submarine losses and the biographies of key Japanese submarine officers. Rare illustrations and specifically commissioned operational maps enhance the text.

Operation Rising Sun

Author : David W. Jourdan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640123202
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Operation Rising Sun written by David W. Jourdan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944 Allied codebreakers learned the Imperial Japanese Navy had dispatched the cargo submarine I-52 to occupied France with tons of military supplies and payment--in gold--for German assistance. I-52 undertook the mission as part of the Yanagi missions, a military program meant to alleviate Japan's desperate need for military material and technical knowledge. After tracking I-52 from Asia to the Atlantic, the Allies destroyed the vessel in a battle that ended the Yanagi missions and left I-52 an unlikely treasure ship on the seafloor. David W. Jourdan adds to the history of I-52 with a spellbinding account of his efforts to find the sunken submarine. One of the first joint American-Russian research expeditions, the search for the wreck combined a team effort, exhaustive detective work, and a dramatic battle with the sea. The effort paid off when the group found I-52's nearly intact hull three miles down. The expedition also earned an unexpected historical dividend when it uncovered one-of-a-kind recordings of American Avenger torpedo bomber attacks on an enemy submarine. Part war tale and part seagoing adventure, Operation Rising Sun tells the story of the two very different missions to find submarine I-52.

Japanese Submarine Aircraft

Author : Ryusuke Ishiguro
Publisher : MMP
ISBN 13 : 9788366549562
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Submarine Aircraft written by Ryusuke Ishiguro and published by MMP. This book was released on 2021-11-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of the first English language book to describe in detail the aircraft carried by Japan's extensive submarine fleet in World War Two. More than any other nation, Japan designed, built and operated aircraft launched from submarines, using them for reconnaissance and also (uniquely) for bombing and attack missions. This fascinating history of an under-published aspect of World War Two aviation warfare is illustrated with photographs, scale plans and full color illustrations, including those of the preserved Seiran. This book includes 200 photographs (many of which have not been published before) and 30 color profiles (plus top and bottom views of representative aircraft).

The Dakota Hunter

Author : Hans Wiesman
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612002595
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Dakota Hunter written by Hans Wiesman and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of a lifelong passion for a WWII aircraft that changed the author’s life: “It is almost like an adventure novel except it is true” (Air Classics). This book tells the story of a Dutch boy who grew up during the 1950s in postwar Borneo, where he had frequent encounters with an airplane, the Douglas DC-3, a.k.a. the C-47 Skytrain or Dakota, of World War II fame. For a young boy living in a remote jungle community, the aircraft reached the proportions of a romantic icon as the essential lifeline to a bigger world for him, the beginning of a special bond. In 1957, his family left the island and all its residual wreckage of World War II, and he attended college in The Hague. After graduation, he started a career as a corporate executive—and met the aircraft again during business trips to the Americas. His childhood passion for the Dakota flared up anew, and the fascination pulled like a magnet. As if predestined, or maybe just looking for an excuse to come closer, he began a business to salvage and convert Dakota parts, which meant first of all finding them. As the demand for these war relic parts and cockpits soared, he began to travel the world to track down surplus, crashed, or derelict Dakotas. He ventured deeper and deeper into remote mountains, jungles, savannas, and the seas where the planes are found, usually as ghostly wrecks but sometimes still in full commercial operation. In hunting the mythical Dakota, he often encountered intimidating or dicey situations in countries plagued by wars or revolts, others by arms and narcotics trafficking, warlords, and conmen. The stories of these expeditions take the reader to some of the remotest spots in the world, but once there, one is often greeted by the comfort of what was once the West’s apex in transportation—however now haunted by the courageous airmen of the past.

US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472836464
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier-based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJN's carrier-based torpedo and dive-bombers showed their prowess again at the Battle of Coral Sea when they sank the US Navy carrier USS Lexington and damaged the carrier USS Yorktown. Even at the disastrous Battle of Midway, the relatively small number of IJNAF attack- and torpedo-bombers that were launched against the US fleet proved that they remained a potent force by heavily damaging Yorktown again, which allowed an IJN submarine to sink the carrier. At Guadalcanal, IJNAF carrier-based aircraft sank the carrier USS Hornet and badly damaged USS Enterprise twice. However, throughout 1942, US Navy ship defences brought down an increasing number of attacking IJNAF aircraft. The final major battle of the year, the Battle of Santa Cruz, exacted crippling losses on the IJN, setting the stage for the eclipse of the IJNAF's highly trained and effective aviation attack forces. Packed with illustrations and contemporary photographs, this engrossing volume details the design, tactics, and operational records of both the US Navy ships and the IJNAF aircraft which attacked them over the year following Pearl Harbor.

Submarine Diary

Author : Corwin Mendenhall
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512194
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Submarine Diary written by Corwin Mendenhall and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.

Thirty Minutes Over Oregon

Author : Marc Tyler Nobleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 054443076X
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book Thirty Minutes Over Oregon written by Marc Tyler Nobleman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during World War II and comes back 20 years later to apologize. Full color.

Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes

Author : United States. Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes written by United States. Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

'The Most Dangerous Moment of the War'

Author : John Clancy
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003354
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book 'The Most Dangerous Moment of the War' written by John Clancy and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A well-detailed account of the [World War II] raid, which badly stung the Royal Navy but which the Japanese failed to exploit to a strategic advantage” (Seapower). In early April 1942, a little-known episode of World War II took place. Said by Sir Winston Churchill to be “the most dangerous moment of the war,” the Japanese made their only major offensive westwards into the Indian Ocean. As historian Sir Arthur Bryant said, “A Japanese naval victory in April 1942 would have given Japan total control of the Indian Ocean, isolated the Middle East and brought down the Churchill government.” Having crippled the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese turned their sights on the British Eastern Fleet based at Ceylon. Occupation of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, would not only provide the Japanese a springboard into India but also control of the essential convoy routes to Europe and the Western Desert. And aside from the British Eastern Fleet, the Indian Ocean lay undefended. In April 1942, a Japanese fleet led by six aircraft carriers, four battleships, and thirty other ships sailed into the Bay of Bengal. In the ferocious battles that followed, the British lost a carrier, two heavy cruisers, and many other ships; however, the Japanese eventually turned back, never to sail against India again. John Clancy, whose father survived the sinking of HMS Cornwall during the battle, “masterfully combines the strategic overview, the tactical decision making and many personal experiences to bring this episode of the war to life” (WWII Today). “Absolutely enthralling.” —Books Monthly “Well researched . . . a balanced view of men acting under the stress of war during a critical time.” —WWII History

Shinano!

Author : Joseph F. Enright
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312001865
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Shinano! written by Joseph F. Enright and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and definitive book on Japan's secret World War II supership, which was sunk on its first night by the author's submarine. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs.

Sunk: The Story Of The Japanese Submarine Fleet 1941-1945

Author : Lt.-Com. Mochitsura Hashimoto
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786257300
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Sunk: The Story Of The Japanese Submarine Fleet 1941-1945 written by Lt.-Com. Mochitsura Hashimoto and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happened to Japan’s submarines and what sort of fight did they put up? As far as Japan was concerned, the recent war was waged according to a rigid strategy. There was no detailed operational planning. It was a fight in which science had been ignored. In such circumstances the submarine, always highly vulnerable unless used intelligently, was inevitably sacrificed. Throughout the war the whole submarine fleet was in reality a special attack force in which, in the absence of scientific weapons, the crews were just so much human ammunition. Today we hear much about rearmament. If money is to be spent on armaments, it should be used for scientific development. Never again must we go to war with only a bamboo lance. The Japanese Submarine Fleet was entirely wiped out, but the martial spirits of its sailors are still with us on the far-flung oceans. In the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic we remember the multitude of resentful sleeping warriors; in our ears we hear the whisper of the “voice from the bottom of the sea.” Thus, as one of the few submarine captains to survive, I have taken up my pen to try to record something of the unknown hardships and successes of our submarines. “Despite the gloomy conditions under which they worked, our submarines fought well, and the grim story of Japanese submarine units has been well recorded by former Lieutenant Commander Hashimoto. “It is certainly valuable material, and I wish to recommend it as an excellent history.”—S. Toyoda, Former C.-in-C., Combined Fleet, IJN

Sunk

Author : Mochitsura Hashimoto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781615775811
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Sunk written by Mochitsura Hashimoto and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Mochitsura Hashimoto was one of the few Japanese submarine captains to survive. Shortly before the end of WW2 he inflicted the greatest single loss on the U.S. Navy in its history, when he torpedoed and sank the USS Indianapolis -- soon after it had delivered parts for the first A-bomb on Hiroshima to the US base on Tinian, ironically enough. The title, however, refers to the fate of the Japanese submarine fleet. It's a tale of the bravery of doomed men in a lost cause, against impossible odds. The kaitens or human torpedoes were not the only submarine kamikazes: the whole war in the Pacific was suicide from the start. So why did Japan go into the war? Hashimoto is sharply critical of the recklessness and unpreparedness of Japan's top brass. With an introduction by Cmdr. Edward L. Beach, author of the best-seller "Submarine!"

Japanese Naval Shipbuilding

Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Naval Shipbuilding written by United States Strategic Bombing Survey and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kaiten

Author : Michael Mair
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698146425
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Kaiten written by Michael Mair and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa exploded. Japan’s secret weapon, the Kaiten—a manned suicide submarine—had succeeded in its first mission. The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn’t know of its existence. And the Americans kept it secret as well. Embarrassed by the attack, the U.S. Navy refused to salvage the sunken Mighty Miss. Not until 2001, when a diving team located the wreck, would survivors learn what really happened. In Kaiten, Michael Mair and Joy Waldron tell the full story, from newly revealed secrets of the Kaiten development and training schools to gripping firsthand accounts of U.S. Navy survivors in the wake of the attack, as well as the harrowing recovery efforts that came later. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS