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Aircraft Carriers - The World's Greatest Carriers of the last 100 Years (Hardcover)
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Aircraft Carriers - The World's Greatest Carriers of the last 100 Years (Hardcover)
Series: The World's Greatest
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Loot Price R584
Discovery Miles 5 840
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On 9 May 1912 the first airplane take-off from a ship was made from
the deck of the HMS Hibernia. In July 1918, seven Sopwith Camels
launched from the converted battlecruiser HMS Furious damaged the
German airbase at Tonder and destroyed two zeppelins. The age of
the carrier was born. In the interwar years the Lexington, Akagi
and Courageous-class carriers were developed, but it was only
during World War II that the aircraft carrier finally came into its
own. Fleet carriers carrying 30-40 aircraft allowed the Japanese
and US navies to project air power across the vast Pacific Ocean,
with the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor presaging a new kind of
warfare. With the sinking of hundreds of ships during World War II,
including the German battleship Bismarck in 1941, by the end of the
war carriers ruled the waves and the era of the battleship had
passed. Aircraft Carriers features 52 of the most significant flat
tops and amphibious assault ships built since the 1920s until the
present day, from the USS Yorktown, which survived direct hits
during the battle of Midway (1942), through the Falklands War
veteran HMS Invincible, to the mighty Nimitz class, the core of the
US Navy's carrier battle groups today. Also included are
significant amphibious assault ships, such as the USS Tarawa and
French Mistral. Each entry includes a brief description of the
ship's development and history, a colour profile view or cutaway,
key features and specifications. Packed with more than 200 artworks
and photographs, Aircraft Carriers is a colourful guide for the
naval warfare enthusiast.
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