An Illustrated Data Guide to Submarines of World War II [Hardcover]

Christopher Chant (Compiler, Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Todtri Book Pub (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855018659
• ISBN-13: 978-1855018655
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,754,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very basic coverage, lacks in-depth detail, July 7, 1999

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This review is from: An Illustrated Data Guide to Submarines of World War II (Hardcover)

Covers sub classes from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA. Has either artwork or a photo of most types and very basic information such as class, displacement, dimensions, armament, propulsion and performance. There is also a very brief history of each class.

This is just a bare-bones overview book without a lot of "meat" to it. There are no internal or cut-away figures. This would be an adequate book for someone wanting very "basic" info on subs from all WW-2 navies. However, for in-depth design, the reader should probably want to stick with "The Floating Dry Dock" or Friedman's "US Subs through 1945: An illustrated design history".