Battleships of World War II: An illustrated history and country-by-country directory of warships, including battlecruisers and pocket battleships, ... New Jersey, Iowa, Bismarck, Yamato, Richelieu

This authoritative reference book charts the development and history of the battleship from the end of World War I, through World War II and up to the present day. This period saw a dramatic change in the role of the battleship as a result of the vastly