Aircraft launched from carrier decks were sent out to attack the enemy with bombs and torpedoes. ...

In less than one day, the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy was destroyed and four of her great...

The Imperial Japanese Navy went to war with 17 light cruisers and another three cruiser-sized tra...

In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This b...

The IJN was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world''s first carrier, which wa...

The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and...

Italy's navy, the Regia Marina was the fourth-largest naval force in the world at the outbreak of...

The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922. Despite being conv...

In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a massive air-strik...

Aircraft carriers were the US Navy''s principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War. Deve...

Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war...

An highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Jap...