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Fleets Of World War II Hardcover – January 1, 2002

by Richard Worth (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 26
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For decades, the legions of World War II buffs interested in Allied and Axis naval history were limited to expensive, multi-volume works written for specialists. No longer will this be the case. Fleets of World War II, packed with data and illustrated throughout, is not a simple list of ships but a fascinating and often pungent appraisal of those ships and the fleets they served. Japan built the world's largest battleships with guns bigger than anything in the Allied arsenal-but was bigger in fact better? The British engaged in a wartime flurry of ship production-but did they build the ships they needed for victory? Fleets of World War II dispels the clutter, providing a straightforward appraisal that is nothing short of revelatory.A complete resource, the book includes every nation that took part in the war, along with the key neutrals. Each fleet is surveyed in totality, from the mighty battleships to the humble motor launches. The systematic, plain-English presentation makes for easy reference: nation by nation, ship by ship, with a multitude of details on design, strategy, and combat available nowhere else.
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  1. Print length
    376 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Da Capo Press
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    7.25 x 1.5 x 10.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0306811162
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0306811166
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Richard Worth, a free-lance writer and contributor to the Naval Gazette, has won the Award for Excellence in Military History from the Association of the United States Army. He lives in Florida.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Press; First Edition (January 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0306811162
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0306811166
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 1.5 x 10.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 26

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D. Keith Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have Military History Naval History reference book.
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2013
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This book is an absolutely wonderful read and properly detailed reference book with some nice B/W photos. In my opinion, the author did an outstanding job of detailed research that I have found upon first read to be accurate. Since the late 1960s I have collected extensive amounts of reference books of international naval ships and their actions/history. Ian Allen and Doubleday/Macdonald both came out with a wonderful series of them in the late 60s early 70s (I have them all, but sadley they have been long out of print and hard to find). However, the disappointing news was these volumes only covered the main naval combatants in both world wars (UK/Commonwealth, USA, German, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, Japan, France, Netherlands, and the USSR). In addition, Jane's and other titles such as from the US Naval Institute, etc., have also covered the topic very well in their reference books. That said, the beauty of this book is that it covers the void in one handy HB volume that was extremely well written to include South American, African and Far East navies and their warships/actions/history from between the world wars until the conclusion of WW II. I have been searching for a book like this for years. Was not disappointed. Great book. Highly endorse.

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Paul V. Erickson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference book
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2015
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I really like this book. It's exactly what I was looking for. It's a reference book, not something you're going to read from cover to cover in one sitting, but as a reference work it is great. It's not even all that dry. The author adds a good deal of color to the ship descriptions. I really liked what he had to say on the French and Italian navies. Those two navies don't get much coverage (deservedly so) in the history books, but they had some great ships. I'm a war gamer and it's interesting to find out about some of the ships you see in a game but don't read about in the history books very much.
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Wolfshanze
4.0 out of 5 stars A great start or finish to any naval collection
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2004
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I am incredibly pleased with this book. I've been collecting WWII naval books for some time and this was the feather in the cap of my personal library. As others have stated, finding a book with extensive stats or storylines on the Bismarck or Iowa is quite easy, but it's very difficult to find good (consistent) material on the minor navies of WWII and thier less-famous warships.
If you're looking for in-depth analysis of a particular ship or overly detailed statistics or schematics, this book is NOT for you. On average each ship has only the base stats covered (tonnage, knots, etc) and about a paragraph of analysis/comments. So if you want detailed information on the major warships in WWII, there are better books that focus on the "big names".
What this book excels at, is filling all the nooks and cranies always missing from the more focused works. Do you want to know about Norwegian, Swedish or Finnish Pansarskepps? It's here... Do you want to know about China's pre-WWI cruisers? It's here... Trying to find out the warships of neutral countries like Portugal, Spain or Turkey? It's all here. Bottom line, this book gives a cursory glance over every major and minor warship from well-known to obscure and belligerant to neutral. While not the most in-depth book on any single ship, I have never seen a single book cover as many ships from as many nations in WWII as this book does, which in my opinion makes it a great start or finish to any WWII naval library you may keep at home.
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lon nordeen
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book for those who want to learn more about ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018
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This is a great book for those who want to learn more about WW2 naval history and ships!!! The more I read it the more I enjoy this book.
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Jason Edwards
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best books on fleets I've found
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014
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A great book on the different ship classes used by EVERY navy during World War 2. The book has general stats on each class for those that are looking for that kind of information for games.
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John R. Poirier
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2007
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This is a comprehensive compendium of all ship classes, with an entertaining narrative on each class that includes many interesting anecdotes. Information includes ship names, performance specs, years built, gunnery ranges, armor and the service careers of most of the members of each class. This is a handy reference work as authoritative as Jane's or Conway's.
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Swizzle
4.0 out of 5 stars It's a keeper!
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2015
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Great information, lists every ship in the war, from every country. I would have preferred a book with a little less of the author's opinions scattered throughout, and while they are a distraction to me, I do NOT regret getting this book! It's a keeper for me!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2002
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This book covers what I usially look for in the book. The boring statistics can usually be found in the variety of places, but what this book provides is the comparison of the ships and lists teir strengths and weaknesses. It is a guide to the warships of WWII. The interesting thing that it also covers all of the mnir navies that took part in WWII. I loved it.
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Joshua Paris
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2011
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This is exceptionally wordy and at times pretentious. However, it is absolutely authoritative and exhaustive in terms of absolutely anything you would need to know on any vessel afloat, belonging to any nation, in the period of World War Two.

Of vital import to anyone undertaking a dissertation in naval warfare, or a more thorough doctoral thesis on matters pertaining to the seas and their use during World War Two.
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