Oleg Mastruko
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ORIGINAL: SargeantTex There is a book titled"A battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1941-1945" written by Paul S Dull it is a truly excellent book it has a detailed battle report of just about every battle the Kaigun took part in. would also be a great reference for any new guys as to how to use the japanese navy ships in TF's since it has a complete list of which ships were used in each battle. I will make a thread later on today with a list of my personal collection of books that will possibly help anyone wanting to learn the history of the pacific war. Good book, I have it above my desk as "reference for current affairs" (ie WITP), but leaves some areas uncovered. It's like author was so sympathetic to the Japanese (Jap Fanboi, to use lingo from this board ) so as to be unable to write about IJN debacles from late war period. But, since battles like Leyte are covered in great detail elsewhere, this is not critical. Early IJN invasions are covered in great detail. Not only battles, like Java sea etc, but invasions - which were done relatively very primitively, compared to what USN did just 2-3 years later (specialised landing craft, large escorting and bombardment forces etc.) All in all, reading the book made me appreciate WITP (which simulates operational considerations from the book *extremely* well), and also made me appreciate initial breakneck pace of Japanese advance (considering it was done with relatively modest means). Oleg
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