Desperate Sunset: Japan’s kamikazes against Allied ships, 1944–45 by Yeo, Mike

Osprey Publishing (UK), 2019. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. 352pp. b/w and col. illus. Spine and corners very slightly rubbed , o/w in almost immaculate condition. HEAVY BOOK - OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE . Very Good++. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2019.

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Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2019. By the middle of 1944, Imperial Japan's armed forces were in an increasingly desperate situation. Its elite air corps had been wiped out over the Solomons in 1942–43, and its navy was a shadow of the force that had attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. But the Japanese had one last, desperate, card to play. The Japanese High Command decided that the way to inflict maximum damage on the superior enemy forces was to get the poorly trained Japanese pilots to crash their explosive-laden aircraft onto their target, essentially turning themselves into a guided missile. The kamikazes announced themselves in the immediate aftermath of the Leyte Gulf naval battles, sinking the USS St. Lo and damaging several other ships. The zenith of the kamikaze came in the battle of Okinawa, which included ten kikusui (Floating Chrysanthemum) operations which involved up to several hundred aircraft attacking the US fleet. Fully illustrated throughout, Desperate Sunset examines the… Read More

Osprey Publishing, , 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book Red cloth under pictorial jacket. Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour with photos, ills, charts and maps 1st Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 352 pages. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. No inscriptions. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; . ISBN/EAN: 9781472829412. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 031011. . 9781472829412

Osprey Pub Co, 2019. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 10.00x8.00x1.00 inches.