Published in 1981, Russell Spurr’s “A Glorious Way to Die” chronicles the final sortie of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s pride, the battleship Yamato. Inter-weaved in
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Japanese 16.1″/45 3rd Year Type Gun
Caveat: The information contained in this post is of a very general nature. More detailed (read: technical) information can be found in the U.S. Naval
Book Review: Battleship Musashi by Akira Yoshimura
Also known as Build the Musashi! – The Birth and Death of the World’s Greatest Battleship. My basic policy is to not review books that
Book Review: The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy by John Alden
There are many history books on U.S. Navy submarine operations and personal accounts from submariners during World War II, however, Commander (ret.) John Alden, himself
Book Review: The Good War – An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel
I was first introduced to this book when I received it in the mail the summer prior to my freshman year in college. Our “summer
Book Review: War at Sea – A Naval Atlas 1939-1945 by Marcus Faulkner
There’s untold numbers of single-volume historical narratives of WWII in its entirety. Like many, I’m frustrated by the lack of good maps in many history
