Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904-1945

Polmar, Norman and Carpenter, D.B.: 1986 Conway Press, hardcover with dustjacket 176 pages, illustrated. All the submarines in details, with photos, plans and information. A fully illustrated technical and operational history, this book surveys every Imperial Japanese Navy submarine from 1904 to 1945, covering strategy, construction programs, and combat use across the I series, RO series, midget craft, and human torpedoes with photos, plans, and specifications. It highlights distinctive innovations such as the high speed I 201 boats, the I 400 underwater aircraft carriers, transport submarines, and special attack types while tracing shifting wartime doctrine amid rising Allied antisubmarine effectiveness and mounting Japanese losses. ISBN 9780851773964 / 0851773966 In very good condition