From the beginning of the armour-led German blitzkrieg in September 1939 to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945, World War II Encyclopedia of Aircraft, Tanks & Warships is an accessible reference guide to the most important aircraft, armoured fighting vehicles, artillery and ships deployed by all armies during mankind’s most destructive war. The book ranges from the mighty Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress which led the strategic bombing of Nazi-occupied Europe to the ever-adaptable Supermarine Spitfire and the Me 262 jet fighter, the first jet aircraft to see combat; from classic battleships such as the German Bismarck to the great aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet, such as the USS Enterprise; from the Red Army’s T-34 tank – perhaps the war’s most effective armoured fighting vehicle – to the King Tiger, the conflict’s most powerful tank. Each weapon is illustrated with one or two accurate artworks – some of them cutaways – an authentic photograph, an authoritative history on its development, production and service history and a box panel of essential specifications. Featuring more than 400 entries, World War II Encyclopedia of Aircraft, Tanks & Warships is a fascinating reference work on the most important tanks, guns, warships and aircraft from 1939 to 1945.
- Features 400 entries including aircraft, ships, small arms and tanks
- Covers all fronts around the world from World War II
- Includes photographs or colour artworks for each entry
Featuring more than 400 entries, World War II Encyclopedia of Aircraft, Tanks & Warships is an illustrated reference work on the most important weapons of the Second World War.
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Comprehensive illustrated guide to over 400 aircraft, tanks, artillery, and warships from World War II.
CONTENTS TO INCLUDE:
Introduction
AIRCRAFT
Polikarpov I-16 Blackburn Skua PZL P.11c Fiat G.50 Freccia Fiat CR.32
Mitsubishi Ki-21 Supermarine Walrus Macchi C.200 Saetta Mitsubishi G3M 'Nell'
CANT Z.1007 Alcione Caproni Ca.133 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik Heinkel He 111 North American B-25 Mitchell
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Dewoitine D. 520 Hawker Hurricane Arado Ar 196A-5
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Dornier Do 17P Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Aichi D3A A5M
Claude Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa Supermarine Spitfire Polikarpov I-153 Junkers
Ju 88 Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Messerschmitt Bf 110 Lockheed Hudson Mk.1
Consolidated Catalina Ilyushin Il-4 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
Blackburn Roc Tupolev SB-2 Boulton Paul Defiant Fairey Swordfish Douglas A-20
Havoc Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Fairey Albacore Nakajima B5N Martin PBM Mariner
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV North American P-51 Mustang Gloster Gladiator Yakovlev
Yak-1 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch SBD-3 Dauntless Ilyushin DB-3 Focke-Wulf Fw 200
Condor Douglas TBD Devastator Mitsubishi Ki.46 Dinah Vought SB2U Vindicator
Petlyakov Pe-8 Dornier Do 24 Avro Manchester Henschel Hs 126 Bristol
Beaufighter TF.Mk X Blohm und Voss BV 138 Handley Page Halifax Curtiss SBC
Helldiver Short Stirling Vought OS2U Kingfisher Douglas Boston III Curtiss
P-36 & Hawk Model 75 Grumman F4F Wildcat Blackburn Skua
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Short Sunderland Mk III Yak-3 Handley-Page
Hampden Fairey Fulmar Brewster F2A Buffalo Vickers Wellington Dornier Do 217
Macchi C.202 Folgore Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu P-38
Lightning Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt De Havilland Mosquito
Avro Lancaster B-24 Liberator Mikoyan-Guryevoich MiG-1 Petlyakov Pe-2
Supermarine Seafire Martin B-26 Marauder Messerschmitt Me 210/410 Bell P-39
Airacobra Yermolaev Yer-2 Grumman F6F Hellcat Vought F4U Corsair Northrop
P-61 Black Widow Hawker Typhoon Kawasaki Ki.45 Toryu Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Grumman TBF1-C Avenger Heinkel He 177 Lavochkin La-5
Fairey Barracuda Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki Mitsubishi J2M Raiden Nakajima B6N
'Jill' Me 323 Gigant Fiat G.55 Centauro Bell P-63 Kingcobra Messerschmitt Me
262 Boeing B-29 Superfortress Arado Ar 234B-2 Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
Mitsubishi Ki.67 Hiryu Yokosuka MXY7 Okha Lavochkin La-7 Tupolev Tu-2 Hawker
Tempest Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Kawasaki Ki-100 Bachem Ba
349 Natter Heinkel He 162 Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Junkers Ju 88 Mistel Douglas A-26
Invader
TANKS & AFVs TK Tankette (Polish) BT-5 T-26 Model 1933 light tank T-37
L-3-35/Lf sIG 33 Char de Cavalerie 38H Type 95 Kyugo Light Tank Universal
Carrier/Bren Carrier SdKfz 222 SdKfz 231 Panzer I Ausf F T-35 Hotchkiss H-35
Light Tank Mark VIB Panzer II Ausf F Panzer 35(t) Somua S35 M2 Light Tank
Renault R35 Matilda II Char B1 bis Type 97 Chi-Ha BT-7 T-28 Model 1938 SdKfz
251 series Cruiser Tank Mark II, A10 Mark IA T-40 amphibious light tank T-38
Panzer 38(t) M3 Scout Car Pantserwagen M39 M2 halftrack KV-2 Mk III Valentine
Infantry Tank Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 Cruiser Tank Mk IV A13 Panzer III early
SdKfz 250 series Panzer IV early StuG III assault gun KV-1 Marmon-Herrington
Armoured Car Mark II Chevrolet WA Daimler Armoured Car M3 halftrack M3 Stuart
LT / M3A1 Satan T-60 T-34 Model 1941 Panzer IV Ausf F1 Carro ArmatoL6/40 AEC
Mk III Armoured car Mk VI Crusader I Cruiser Tank Cruiser Tank Mark VI,
Crusader MkIII Churchill Mk IV M3 Lee/Grant Howitzer Motor Carriage T12 / T30
Ram Kangaroo LVT-1 LVT-2 LVT(A)-1 DUKW Carro Armato M15/42 SdKfz 138 15cm
infantry gun Grille Marder I & II T17E1 Staghound I M5 Stuart M22 Locust
SU-76 KV-1S T-70 T-34 Model 1942 T-34 Model 1943 Panzer VI Tiger Ausf E
Panzer VI Tiger Ausf H M4A4 Sherman Panzer III Ausf J Hummel Semovente DA
75/18 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Priest Howitzer Motor Carriage M8
155mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) Sdkfz 135/1
Lorraine Schlepper Wespe Sherman DD SdKfz 234 Marder III Panzer III Ausf M /
Ausf N M5 halftrack M8 Armoured Car M20 Armoured car Panzer V Panther Ausf D
Panzerjager IV Nashorn Panzerjager Tiger Elefant Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar
SU-122 SP gun SU-85 SP gun KV-85 Heavy Tank SU-152 SP gun M10 Wolverine M18
Hellcat Churchill AVRE ISU-122 SP gun ISU-152 SP gun StuG IV Sherman VC
Firefly Panzer V Panther Ausf G Jagdpanzer IV Jagdpanzer IV/70 Jagdpanther
Jagdpanzer 38(T) Hetzer M4A3E2 Jumbo assault tank LVT-4 LVT(A)-4 Churchill
Crocodile T-34/85 SU-100 SP gun IS-2 Sherman Crab Mine-Clearing Tank Cromwell
Mk VIII Archer SP gun Tiger II King Tiger Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger M36 tank
destroyer M-24 Chaffee Sturmmorser Tiger T-44 IS-3 M26 Pershing / Super
Pershing Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34)
ARTILLERY, MORTARS, ANTITANK & AA GUNS 37mm Anti-Tank Gun M3 76mm Zis-3 AT
gun 8in Howitzer M1 15cm sFH18 152mm Howitzer M1937 76.2mm Model 1942 10.5cm
leFH 18 88mm Flak 88mm Flak 41 Ordnance QF 25 pdr 88mm PaK 43/41 105mm
Howitzer M2A1 Type 35/75mm 105mm Flak 38 QF 3in 20 CWT 5cm Flak 41 40mm
Bofors Flak 43 QF 2 pdr Mk VII 75mm Pak 40 QF 6 pdr 7 CWT Gun Mk 2 QF 17 pdf
15cm Panzerwerfer 42 Panzerkampfwagen 35(H) mit 28/32cm Katyusha rocket
launcher BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher BM-31-11 ChTZ S-65 towing 152mm
ML-20 Model 1937 7.5cm le.IG 18 28.cm sPzB 41 28/32cm Wurfkorper Sdkfz 251
80cm Schwerer Fustav Flakpanzer I Flakpanzer 38(t) Flakpanzer IV (Wirbelwind)
2cm Flakvierling 38 37mm 61-K M1939 AA gun Red Army trucks Multiple Gun Motor
M19 MGMC AA: M13 / M14 / M16 Ordance ML 3in Mortar 120mm Model 1938 mortar
82mm mortar Type 35/75mm Gun 3.7in QF gun Mk 1 76.2mm M1942 105mm Howitzer M3
75mm Type 88 155mm M1 and M2 Oerlikon 20mm 60mm Mortar M1 SGrW 34 81mm Mortar
120mm M1938 Mortar Ordnance ML 3in Mortar
WARSHIPS Queen Elizabeth Conte di Cavour HMS Warspite USS Navada USS
Mississippi Revenge class Ise HMS Walker (W class) HMS Hood Nagato Gunboats
IJN Ataka, Saga, Seta, Tatara V-boats HMS Eagle (1924) Akagi (1927) HMS
Rodney Oberon & Odin classes Cruiser Chervonia Ukraina USS Lexington
Dekabrist class Pisani & Mameli classes Kaga Koln HMS Glorious USS Pensacola
HMS Storm (S-class) Akatsuki class HMS Exeter Alberto di Giussano class
Leander Class cruiser Leninets class series XIII Giovanni delle Bande Nere
Cruiser Krazny Kavkaz Argonaute (600 series) USS Indianapolis Schchuka class
Pola KMS Deutschland/Lutzow Algerie (cruiser) River class Type IA Types II
Pravda class series IV De Ruyter Town class light cruiser HMS Penelope HMS
Porpoise (Grampus class) Duca Degli Abruzzi class cruisers Zuiho Salmon class
Hiryu Dunkerque HMS Cossack U-Class USS Yorktown Adua class Type KD6 HMS
Eskimo USS Enterprise Gneisenau Gascogne Types IX Brooklyn Class cruiser
Marcello class HMS Ark Royal Leonardo da Vinci (Marconi class) Yukikaze
(Kagero class) Katori class Karl Galster (Z20) HMS Kelly Sovetskiy Soyuz HMS
Audacity USS Sangamon HMS Indomitable USS Wasp Vittorio Veneto Prinz Eugen
Littorio Bismarck HMS Howe HMS Jervis Bay merchant cruiser Tashkent-class
destroyer HMS Prince of Wales Richelieu Types VIIC USS Ray (Gato class) Type
C-1 Yamato Tirpitz HMS Anchusa (Flower class) Fairmile Type C MBT Ariete
Class CAM and MAC ships Type XIV Shokaku USS Indiana HMS Jamaica USS
Independence USS Bogue USS Piper (Balao class) X-class LST LCI (L) Type XXI
Escorts Matsu, Mikura, Type C, Type D The Sullivans (Fletcher Class) Johnston
(Fletcher Class) River class frigates Unryu USS Intrepid USS Princeton Taiho
Type I-400 HMS Vagabond Type XXIII USS Tang (Tench class) LST Mk3 LSM rocket
USS Missouri (Iowa class) USS Guam Type I-201 submarine
Glossary/Index
Chris McNab has written more than 100 titles, primarily focused on historical and military topics. His titles include History of World War II, The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War, and Hitlers Masterplan. He also works as an educational publishing consultant, advising international agencies on how to develop their textbooks and other educational resources.
