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EDITOR’S NOTE:

This work is an edited and expanded compilation of several Osprey books. All books used are listed below:

NVG 109 Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers 1921-45

NVG 135 Imperial Japanese Navy Submarines 1941-45

NVG 146 Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships 1941-45

NVG 176 Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941-45

NVG 187 Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45

NVG 198 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (1)

NVG 202 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (2)

The following maps and artwork have appeared in previous Osprey books:

map page 26 (RAID 26); maps pages 30, 33, 40 (CMD 26); maps pages 36, 37 (CAM 226); map page 41, artwork page 44 (CAM 255); map page 48 (DUE 48); map page 49 (CAM 163).

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Front cover top: Myoko in March 1941 after her second modernization. (Yamato Museum)
Front cover bottom: Ryujo pictured on its full speed trials in April 1933. (Ships of the World)