Carrier Strike: A Photo History of Aircraft Carriers in World War II

by Donald Nijboer

Among many other developments, World War II saw naval warfare shift from the battleship to the aircraft carrier, which remains one of the iconic weapons of the war and the core of modern battle fleets. Developed in the 1920s and 1930s, the aircraft carrier came into its own in World War II and featured prominently in numerous battles, including the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, and Leyte Gulf. Later in the war, with many of its own carriers destroyed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811772942
• ISBN13: 9780811772945
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 10.0"