Cited Works

References

Works Cited

Angelucci, Enzo. Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft: 1914 to the Present. 1980. Translated by S.M. Harris, edited by Adriano Zannino, 2 ed., New York, New York, Random House Company, 1990, pp. 5–568. This book includes six years of concentrated study by 16 contributors and involves over 800 types of military aircraft, including over 2,000 illustrations.

Dull, Paul. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945). 1978. Annapolis, Maryland, United States Naval Institute, 2007, pp. 3–402. Information included in this book comes from Japanese microfilmed records, concentrating on the principal surface and carrier engagements of World War II as viewed from the perspective of Japanese commanders.

Dunnigan, James F, and Albert A Nofi. Victory at Sea : World War II in the Pacific. New York, Quill, 1996, pp. 1–612. This extensive book includes bibliographic references and index of Pacific area naval campaigns from 1939-1945.

Fahey, James. The Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet. 1939. 8 ed., vol. 4 volumes, Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1994, pp. 1–96. This four-volume set includes a photographic catalog of all US naval ships, aircraft and auxiliaries involved in World War II, including specific data about each vessel.

Farrington, Karen. Handbook of World War II: An Illustrated Chronicle of the Struggle for Victory. 2001. New York, New York, Barnes and Noble, Inc., 2008, pp. 5–256. This book considers the war on land, sea, sky, and undersea separately in unraveling the complexities and examining all the details, including hundreds of eyewitness accounts. Photographs, maps and fact panels chronicle the sequence of main events, helping to put the main action into context.

Friedman, Norman. U.S. Battleships:  An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland, United States Naval Institute, 1985, pp. 1–463. With detailed ship plans by Alan Raven and A.D. Baker, III, and a wealth of photographs, this book examines the evolution from 1866 U.S. battleships to modern times, presenting technical specifications for these ships.

Hobbs, David. The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy’s Most Powerful Strike Force. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 2011, pp. 1–462. This book contains a wealth of photographs and maps as the author expertly strikes a “balance between recounting what happened, why it happened, and individual experiences” of those involved.

Jentschura, Hansgeorg, et al. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. 1970. Translated by Antony Preston and J.D. Brown, Annapolis, Maryland, United States Naval Institute, 1978, pp. 10–284. This book presents an authoritative reference to the ships of the Japanese Navy from 1869-1945. Particularly useful are the wealth of photographs, drawings and technical information included.

Macintyre, Donald. Aircraft Carrier: The Majestic Weapon. 1968. 3 ed., New York, Ballantine Books, 1971, pp. 8–160. This book traces the emergence of the aircraft carrier from 1939 to its role as the dominating factor in naval operations. Numerous photographs and an appendix containing orders of battle are included.

Macksey, Kenneth . Military Errors of World War Two. 1987. Cassell plc, London, DAG Publications Ltd., 2000, pp. 9–252. This book highlights a selection of command errors during World War II with an analysis of why these mistakes came about.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War. Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown and Company, Ltd., 1963, pp. 1–611. This superlative book is a one-volume history of the United States Navy in World War II, containing 52 charts and 25 pages of photographs, written by the same author of the “monumental and definitive” fifteen-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions May -August 1942. Vol. IV, Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown and Company, 1949, pp. 3–307. This fourth volume focuses on the Coral Sea and Midway battles and associated submarine actions and includes charts, maps, orders of battle, names of ship commanders and ship types with actual vessel names.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions May -August 1942. Vol. IV, Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown and Company, 1949, pp. 3–307. This fourth volume focuses on the Coral Sea and Midway battles and associated submarine actions and includes charts, maps, orders of battle, names of ship commanders and ship types with actual vessel names.

Rohwer, Jurgen. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. 1972. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 2005, pp. 1–531. Comprehensive history of war at sea from 1939-1945, including a day-by-day discussion of actions, missions, personnel, and craft.

Stephen, Martin. Sea Battles in Close-Up: World War 2. 1988. Edited by Eric Grove, Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1993, pp. 6–224. This book examines ten crucial naval engagements of World War II, supported by 60 detailed maps and 150 carefully selected photographs.

Worth, Richard. Fleets of World War II (Revised Edition). Cambridge, MA, Perseus Books Group, 28 Jan. 2021, pp. 1–375. This single major book “covers the entire scope of the navies of World War II”, including Axis and Allied navies and key neutrals, providing a candid assessment of all fleets.

General References

Wheelan, Joseph. Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War . New York, NY, Hachette Books, 1 August. 2017,