{"product_id":"usn-battleship-vs-ijn-battleship-the-pacific-1942-44","title":"USN Battleship vs IJN Battleship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the build-up to World War II both the United States and Japan believed their battleships would play a central role in battle, but after the Pacific War began in December 1941, the role of the battleship proved to be much more limited than either side expected.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere would be only two battleship vs battleship actions in the Pacific in World War II, both of which are assessed in this engaging study. At Guadalcanal in 1942, \u003ci\u003eKirishima\u003c\/i\u003e faced two modern US battleships, USS \u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e and USS \u003ci\u003eSouth Dakota\u003c\/i\u003e. In the Surigao Strait in 1944, two World War I-era Japanese battleships, \u003ci\u003eYamashiro\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFuso\u003c\/i\u003e, faced six American battleships supported by four heavy cruisers in history’s last-ever clash between battleships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmploying full-colour artwork, carefully selected archive photographs, and expert analysis, former US Navy Commander Mark E. Stille examines the two head-to-head clashes between the battleships deployed by the United States and Japan in the struggle for control of the Pacific during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123649753171,"sku":"","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472817198.jpg?v=1778478360","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/usn-battleship-vs-ijn-battleship-the-pacific-1942-44","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}