Battleships of World War II An Illustrated History and Country-by-Country Directory of Warships That Fought in the Second World War and Beyond, Including Battlecruisers and Pocket Battleships

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