Description: . Battleships 1939–45 : From Pearl Harbor to Operation Desert Storm, Hardcover by Bauernfeind, Ingo, ISBN 1636242561, ISBN-13 9781636242569, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A fully illustrated compendium of carefully organized information on US battleships written by a noted naval historian and nearly half a century, the battleship was the most powerful weapon on the ocean, deployed by the US Navy and many other fleets. However, their time seemed to be at an end when Japanese carrier-based aircraft destroyed so many at Pearl Harbor in 1941, ushering in the age of the aircraft carrier. Nevertheless, US battleships continued to serve with distinction in various roles throughout World War II and during the Cold historian Ingo Bauernfeind tells the dramatic yet successful story of the US Navy’s battleships and battle cruisers by class, ranging from the early Dreadnought-type of the South Carolina-class to the gigantic but never-built Montana-class. This fully illustrated volume gives a clear overview of each ship’s career, its fate and highlights its significance in American naval covering various battles in the Pacific, it also describes the important actions of US battleships providing shore bombardment during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa as well as during the D-day landings in Normandy, thus illustrating their contribution to Allied victory in World War II. Moreover, it covers the little-known actions of the Iowa-class during the Korean and Vietnam wars and even during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, when the modernized USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin fired guided missiles and operated drones in addition to the use of their historic 16-inch volume culminates in a guided tour through the mighty USS Missouri, an overview of the other seven preserved US battleships serving as floating museums for future generations, as well as a dive to the sunken USS Arizona and USS Utah at Pearl Harbor.
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Book Title: U. S. Battleships 1939-45
Language: English
Publisher: Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Topic: Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century, Military / United States, Military / Pictorial
Publication Year: 2024
Genre: History
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Ingo Bauernfeind
Item Width: 8 in
Book Series: Case Mate Illustrated Special Ser.
Format: Hardcover
