Yukikaze
Yukikaze

Author: Ch hei Kambayashi

Publisher: VIZ Media LLC

Published: 2010-01-19

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1421539861

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More than thirty years ago, a hyper-dimensional passageway suddenly appeared over the continent of Antarctica, the first stage of an attempted terrestrial invasion by an enigmatic alien host. Humanity, united by a common enemy, managed to push the invaders back through the passageway to the strange planet nicknamed "Faery." A special air-combat force was then created to go there and eliminate the alien bases once and for all. Now, in the midst of a war with no end in sight, Second Lieutenant Rei Fukai carries out his missions in the perilous skies over Faery. Attached to the 5th Squadron of the FAF's Special Air Force, an elite tactical combat and surveillance unit, his duty is to gather information on the enemy and bring it back--no matter the cost. His only constant companion in this lonely task is his fighter plane, the sentient FFR-31 Super Sylph: YUKIKAZE. -- VIZ Media

Yukikaze's War
Yukikaze's War

Author: Brett L. Walker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-06-06

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1108945023

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When World War II ended, Yukikaze was the only elite Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer still afloat. Tracing her journey through the treacherous ocean battlefields of the Pacific War, this unique story is told through the eyes of the crew, who saw deep-running currents of Japanese history unfold before their eyes.

Good Luck, Yukikaze
Good Luck, Yukikaze

Author: Ch hei Kambayashi

Publisher: VIZ Media LLC

Published: 2011-07-19

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1421542358

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The alien JAM have been at war with humanity for over thirty years...or have they? Rei Fukai of the FAF's Special Air Force and his intelligent plane Yukikaze have seen endless battles, but after declaring "Humans are unnecessary now," and forcibly ejecting Fukai, Yukikaze is on her own. Is the target of the JAM's hostility really Earth's machines? And have the artificial intelligences of Earth been acting in concert with the JAM to manipulate Yukikaze? As Rei tries to ascertain the truth behind the intentions of both sides, he realizes that his own humanity may be at risk, and that the JAM are about to make themselves known to the world at large. -- VIZ Media

A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy
A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Author: Paul Dull

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2012-12-12

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9781612512907

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For almost 20 years, more than 200 reels of microfilmed Japanese naval records remained in the custody of the U.S. Naval History Division, virtually untouched. This unique book draws on those sources and others to tell the story of the Pacific War from the viewpoint of the Japanese. Former Marine Corps officer and Asian scholar Paul Dull focuses on the major surface engagements of the war—Coral Sea, Midway, the crucial Solomons campaign, and the last-ditch battles in the Marianas and Philippines. Also included are detailed track charts and a selection of Japanese photographs of major vessels and actions.

The Battleship Yamato
The Battleship Yamato

Author: Yoshida Mitsuru

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 1988-12-27

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1612512089

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This richly detailed tribute to the legendary Yamato is now back in print by popular demand. Equipped with the largest guns and heaviest armor and having the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II. This classic in the Anatomy of the Ship series contains a full description of the design and construction of the battleship including wartime modifications, and a career history. This is followed by a substantial pictorial section with rare onboard views of Yamato and her sister ship, a comprehensive portfolio of more than 600 perspective and three-view drawings, and 30 photographs. Such a handsome and thorough work is guaranteed to impress modelmakers, ship enthusiasts, and naval historians.

Women and Yugoslav Partisans
Women and Yugoslav Partisans

Author: Jelena Batinić

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-05-12

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1107091071

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This book focuses on the mass participation of women in the communist-led Yugoslav Partisan resistance during World War II.

We Were Next to Nothing
We Were Next to Nothing

Author: Carl S. Nordin

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2004-12-08

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780786421626

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On December 1, 1941, the author's unit was sent to the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to establish an air base. Less than six months later, on May 10, 1942, Sergeant Nordin was captured by the Japanese. For two years he was imprisoned on Mindanao before boarding a Japanese hellship destined for Moji, Japan. He spent the remainder of the war working on the railroad in Yokkaichi. Throughout his time in captivity, the author detailed the conditions and his thoughts on the camps in a secret diary that became the basis of this work. This powerful story recounts the horrors of the prison camps, the torturous journey on the hellship, and the little things that provided him and his fellow prisoners the strength to survive.

The Japanese Destroyer Kagero
The Japanese Destroyer Kagero

Author: Waldemar Góralski

Publisher:

Published: 2014-01-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788362878857

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The Japanese destroyers truly made their mark during the war in the Pacific. Fast, heavily armed and manned by well-trained crews, they took part in some of the most memorable surface and air-sea battles of the Pacific War, but also in hundreds of lesser known actions. Those workhorses of the Imperial Navy were employed in a wide variety of roles - from direct action against enemy fleet to escort duties and even pure transport tasks. Commander Hara Tameichi rightly observes that it was the destroyers that bore the brunt of the fighting at sea, and very few among them were as good as the Kagero class warships.