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Author : United States. Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112049701961
Author : Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088131636
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1020966254
Author : Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760049322
Author : Mark P. Parillo
Publisher : Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029875294
Making extensive use of Japanese and U.S. sources, including wartime intelligence reports from the National Defense Archives in Tokyo and recently declassified U.S. documents, this book examines the reasons for Japan's failure to protect its merchant fleet.
Author : Lt.-Com. Mochitsura Hashimoto
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786257307
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
Author : United States. Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:30000008233656
Author : Syd C. Heal
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056316774
Borrowing the name given to the Allied Liberty Ships when they first came out, this study details Japan's feverish effort to build a large fleet of so-called Standard Ships to counter the severe losses sustained by her merchant fleet in the Pacific War. The Emergency Standard Ship came at a time when expedience took precedence over good construction standards. Considered the equivalent of the Liberty Ships, the Type-A Standard Ship is the focus of this book with the author describing the Zaibatsu business conglomerate that produced them and then telling how they were able to function with a remarkable degree of reliability in spite of their stripped-down design. From the events preceding Pearl Harbor through the postwar years, the ships are put into political context and complimented by detailed appendixes of the Type-A fleet and other types of Japanese merchants of that era. Forty of the 140 Type-A ships survived World War II and, after extensive upgrades, went on to become an important part of Japan's postwar economic renewal. This volume will be of interest to both ship enthusiasts and those interested in learning about World War II from a new perspective.
Author : Paul Dull
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1612512909
For almost 20 years, more than 200 reels of microfilmed Japanese naval records remained in the custody of the U.S. Naval History Division, virtually untouched. This unique book draws on those sources and others to tell the story of the Pacific War from the viewpoint of the Japanese. Former Marine Corps officer and Asian scholar Paul Dull focuses on the major surface engagements of the war—Coral Sea, Midway, the crucial Solomons campaign, and the last-ditch battles in the Marianas and Philippines. Also included are detailed track charts and a selection of Japanese photographs of major vessels and actions.
Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1984957635
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of submarine warfare by sailors on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "When we went out on patrol we were on our own. There was no one to give us orders how to make the approach, how to attack, how to follow through. It was us against the enemy. We were corsairs in a world that had almost forgotten the word." - George Grider Submarines exercised a decisive impact on the outcome of the Pacific Theater in World War II. The U.S. submarine fleet, largely though not exclusively under the overall command of Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, strangled the supply lines and shipping traffic of the Empire of Japan. Their commerce raiding crippled both Japan's ability to keep its frontline units supplied and to manufacture the weapons, vessels, and vehicles needed to successfully carry on the struggle. The United States and Japan both produced excellent, high-tech submarines in the context of the World War II era. Japanese I-boats showed excellent seakeeping capabilities and offered the versatility created by their large size, including the ability to serve as motherships for midget submarines or aircraft carriers for scouting aircraft or even specialized bombers. The Type 93 Long Lance and Type 95 torpedoes they carrier packed enough punch to sink capital ships like battleships and carriers at ranges of several miles. American submarines, though smaller, could dive deeply, move quickly, and provide both firepower and survivability. Though their Type XIV and Type XVIII torpedoes could not match the Japanese Type 93, they still gave a lethal punch, particularly after improvements in late 1943. The USS Archerfish demonstrated the deadliness of American submarines to Japanese capital ships also. The submariners of both fleets showed immense courage, daring, and skill in carrying out their duties. Both groups of men exhibited aggression, patriotism, and fighting spirit in equal measure, regardless of the different cultural lenses through which these traits manifested themselves. Both navies successfully produced professional, highly capable submarine officers. The Japanese, however, decided to use their submarines mainly to support a grand fleet action at visual ranges, which never occurred. Instead, the submarines carried out sporadic, uncoordinated attacks and the rest of the time remained on sentry duty or found their time squandered with supply runs and undersea evacuations. The Japanese never corrected these problems - probably due to cultural factors. The rowdy, democratic Americans, suspicious of authority and used to asserting themselves, confronted their commanders boisterously when they felt something was amiss. The torpedo problem nearly caused fistfights between submarine skippers and admirals, yet in the end, the admirals examined and corrected the problem. Though constituting only 1.6% of the total U.S. Navy's tonnage in the Pacific, the submarine fleet inflicted massive losses on the Imperial Japanese Navy and Japan's crucial merchant marine. Submarines sank 55% of the merchant shipping lost, or approximately 1,300 vessels; overall, the Allies sank 77% of Japan's shipping. The submarines also sank 214 Japanese warships, including 82 of 1,000 tons or more - 4 carriers, 4 escort carriers, one battleship, 4 heavy cruisers, 9 light cruisers, 38 destroyers, and 23 submarines - or approximately 30% of the entire Imperial Japanese Navy. The sleek, predatory craft made in the shipyards of Virginia, Wisconsin, or Washington state devastated the naval and freighter assets of the Empire of the Rising Sun out of all proportion to their numbers, at a cost of 42 submarines on "Eternal Patrol." Submarine Warfare in the Pacific: The History of the Fighting Under the Waves between Japan and America during World War II analyzes the underwater fighting between the Allies and Japan across the Pacific theater.
Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Japan
ISBN : UOM:39015002215393
Author : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Merchant marine
ISBN : UOM:39015011672949
Author : Special Staff Military History Section
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298049288
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Author : Akihiko Yoshida
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612512068
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.
Author : Raymond Gish O'Connor
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014775160