Derek Law's Bibliography

Category: Japanese Armed Forces

Name:	Japanese Armed Forces
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Documents: 21

3972	FUKUI, Shizuo. Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of World War II. xx, 172p., illus. Annapolis: NIP, 1991; London: Greenhill, 1992. ISBN: 1853671258. The author was a former Lieutenant Commander Imperial Navy constructor. This work was originally written as a report for the Occupation authorities as a guide to the ships surrendered by Japan and published by the Administrative Division of the Second Demobilization Bureau. The main work consists of line drawings of ships arranged by type, with details on history and fate. The work in its reprinted form also has an introduction and some photographs taken at the end of the war for the US Navy.	view
5073	JOURDAN, David W. Operation Rising Sun: The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Submarine I-52. xviii, 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books, 2020. ISBN: 9781640121690. An account of the journey of the submarine on a Yanagi mission carrying goods – including gold - and technicians from Japan to Germany in mid-1944. She was sunk in the Atlantic by a US Task Force. The second half of the book describes the discovery of the wreck by salvors in the mid-1990s. But the gold remains unrecovered.	view
3976	MILLOT, Bernard. Divine Thunder: The Life and Death of the Kamikazes. v, 243p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald, 1971. ISBN: 0356038564 The story of these attacks and the philosophy behind them. Concentrates on the American Fleet, which suffered most damage.	view
4603	HATA, Ikuhiko, IZAWA, Yasuho & SHORES, Christopher. Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces 1932-1945. x, 434p., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 2011. ISBN: 9781906502843. This book was first published in 1989, and contained more detailed information on Imperial Navy fighter units and pilots than had ever been available in English. The new version, with contributions from Christopher Shores, expands upon the previous volume. Has encyclopaedic information on pilots, units and actions.	view
4421	LEWIS, Tom & INGMAN, Peter. Carrier Attack - Darwin 1942 : The Complete Guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor. 368p., bibliog., illus., index. Adelaide: Avonmore, 2013. ISBN: 0987151932. A fresh analysis of the raid which draws on Japanese sources. It argues that the attack was far from a disaster for the Australians.	view
4409	JONES, Terry & CARRUTHERS, Steven. A Parting Shot: Shelling of Australia By Japanese Submarines 1942. 320p., illus. Sydney: Casper, 2013. ISBN: 0977506347. Examines the shelling of Sydney and Newcastle in June 1942 in detail and considers the strategic impact.	view
3978	WATTS, Anthony J., & GORDON, Brian G. The Imperial Japanese Navy. xiv, 529p., illus., index. London: Macdonald; Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. ISBN: 0356030458. A standard source of information.	view
3977	WARNER, Peggy, & SENO, Sadao. The Coffin Boats: Japanese Midget Submarine Operations in the Second World War. xii, 206p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1986. ISBN: 0436563304. The first full account of the raids on Diego Suarez and Sydney and of their support for the attack on Pearl Harbor.	view
3975	JENTSCHURA, Hansgeorg, JUNG, Dieter, & MICKEL, Peter. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869–1945. 284p., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1977. ISBN: 0853681511. This revision of a 1970 German work gives an excellent review of the Japanese Fleet.	view
3974	HUMBLE, Richard. Japanese High Seas Fleet (Pan/ Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book). 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Pan/Ballantine, 1974. ISBN: 0330241044. Notably well-illustrated, but with only a brief record of the Japanese fight with the non-American Allies.	view
3973	HASHIMOTO, Mochitsura. Sunk: The Story of the Japanese Submarine Fleet 1942–45. xi, 218p., illus., index. London: Cassell; New York: Holt, 1954. By a former Japanese submariner and mainly concerned with the fight against US ships. Some limited information on Japanese operations in the Indian Ocean.	view
3962	Japanese Aircraft Carriers and Destroyers (Navies of the Second World War. 152p., illus. London: Macdonald, 1964. ISBN: 0356014762. One of the series of small standard guides, giving technical details by class.	view
3971	FELTON, Mark. Slaughter at Sea: The Story of Japan's Naval War Crimes. ix, 213p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2007. ISBN: 1844156478. The author records a plethora of crimes which make chilling reading. These range from the execution of POWs, the abandonment of survivors to the elements and certain starvation, to the infamous Hell Ships. The author who lives in the Far East examines the different culture that led to these frequent and appalling atrocities.	view
3970	DATE, John C. Japanese "A" Class Midget Submarines and Their Daring Attacks on Pearl Harbour . . . 7 December 1941, Diego Suarez . . .30 May 1942, Sydney Harbour . . . 31 May 1942 (Naval Historical Society of Australia, Monograph 65). 22p., bibliog., illus. Garden Island: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1998. A detailed account of the attacks.	view
3969	CLARKE, Hugh V., & YAMASHITA, Takeo. To Sydney by Stealth. 129p., illus. Sydney: Horwitz, 1966. The Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney harbour failed narrowly. This describes the raid and gives a general background account of the Japanese midget submarine programme. A revised version was published by Angus & Robertson in 1978 as Fire One. ISBN: 0207136203.	view
3968	BOYD, Carl, & YOSHIDA, Akihiko. The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II. xiv, 273p., bibliog., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife; Annapolis: NIP, 1996. ISBN: 1853107646. An able review of the doctrinal, tactical, and technical failures of a force which performed with great bravery.	view
3967	BILLINGS, Richard N. Battleground Atlantic: How the Sinking of a Single Japanese Submarine Assured the Outcome of World War II. v, 311p., bibliog., index. New York: NAL, 2006. ISBN: 9780451220455. The dramatised story of a Japanese submarine which attempted an escape from Germany carrying gold and uranium in mid-1944.	view
3966	ANDRIEU D'ALBAS, E. M. A. Death of a Navy: The Fleets of the Mikado in the Second World War, 1941–1945. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale; New York: Devin-Adair, 1957. The Japanese Fleets' major encounters were with the Americans, so that British and Australian ships feature on very few pages. Their contributions toward the end of the war are ignored.	view
3965	Warships and Aircraft of Japan. 64p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [c.1943]. A collection of photographs illustrating ships and aircraft of the Japanese Navy and Army.	view
3964	Japanese Naval Vessels of World War II as seen by US Naval Intelligence, [with an] introduction by A. D. Baker III. 440p., illus. London: Arms & Armour, 1987. ISBN: 0853688478. A profusely illustrated and comprehensive contemporary guide to the Japanese Navy and its equipment.	view
3963	Japanese Battleships and Cruisers (Navies of the Second World War. 152p., illus. London: Macdonald, 1964. ISBN: 0356014754. One of the series of small standard guides, giving technical details by class of each vessel.	view