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title: "Japanese Battleships 1905-1942 (Hard Cover Series) Hardcover – April 3, 2017"
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# Japanese Battleships 1905-1942 (Hard Cover Series) Hardcover – April 3, 2017

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent! Probably contains all the information available on Japanese battleships and battlecruisers.
  

*by B***. on Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2017*

Excellent book! It probably contain all the information that is available on Japanese battleships and battlecruisers.The first 200 pages duplicate the author's previous book "Japanese Battleships - Volume 1" published in 2010. This text is now called "Part I" in this book. Part II comprises pages 213 - 385 in this new book.The book contains many photos and line drawings of the battleships and battlecruisers being discussed. Each class or even individual ship is discussed in detail. The book describes every battleship or battlecruiser built or purchased (mostly from Britain) from the 1880s through the 1940s. The text discusses every aspect of the ships: armor, armament, propulsion machinery, speed, dimensions and displacements, and hull layout and design. In many cases (especially regarding the battleships built in Japan) the various alternative concept designs are also discussed. Some fairly esoteric features such as dewatering pumping systems are also sometimes described.The new Part II discusses the design and construction of the Yamato class battleships in great detail. It is in Part II that the very detailed discussions of the armor layouts of all the battleships from the Kongo class through the Yamato class appears. A 40-page appendix in Part II discusses the alternative design developments for the various battleship and battlecruiser projects that were considered.Parts I and II combined provide the most thorough discussions that I have yet encountered regarding the scrapped or never-started ships such as the Kaga, Tosa, Amagi class,  Kii/Owari class, and the Number 13 class. Apparently very little information on the Number 13 class fast battleships exists, but what material is available is presented here.For additional information on this subject, I recommend the following books:> "The Yamato Class and Subsequent Planning" by Lengerer and Ahlberg (2014). It is a 542 page book that describes the concept development, design, construction, and operational histories in the ultimate detail. The conceptual development of the "Super Yamato" class to be armed with 510 mm guns is discussed in pages 535 - 540.> "Warship Volume VII" edited by John Roberts and published in 1983 contains a three-part discussion on "The Japanese Super Battleship Strategy" (written by Hans Lengerer) that is well worth reading.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The uncertainty of Polish Publishing
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2017*

First thing to straighten out. Product information states this is a paperback. It isn't - rather hardcover (indeed the book forms part of the Kagero Hardcover series!). The book is actually two earlier books rather than a brand new publication. It joins two earlier titles from the same author. The first half of the book was originally released in English as 'Japanese Battleships Vol 1' in 2010. At that time the publisher flagged it was to be part of a three volume set. The second part of the book - is actually Vol  2 of that series - however it was only released in Polish as far as I am aware of. Oh... and the dust cover artwork of this book is identical to that used on the 'Polish only' Vol 2. The flagged Vol 3 has yet to be seen in either language - well, at least not yet it hasn't! And my last gripe... the quality of the paper stock of this book is not as good as the original Vol 1 and this impacts adversely on photographic quality. Now leaving aside all that confusion, the good news is that the information contained in the second half of the book alone is worth the price of the combined volume and why I rated it 4 stars. It provides you with a solid technical view of Japan's battleships built from 1905 to 1942, as well as technical tables of planned ships. While the paper/photos are not of as good a quality as the original Vol 1, they are still quite reasonable (at least to my aging eyes). So buy the book and enjoy the details - while being bemused at the strange publishing methods of Kagero.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very good
  

*by F***. on Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017*

Very good. It provides context and process development for the 12 Japanese dreadnoughts, battlecruisers and fast battleships. Definitely a good purchase. BTW! This is a history book and not one of the image and 3D profiling titles by the same author. It is lavishly illustrated, though

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