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12-23-06, 11:53 PM | #1 |
Bosun
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WWII Japanese submarines: Regular & midget
Hello submarine pimps and pimpettes!
I HAVE found two books on WWII Japanese Navy submarines. BTW, NO it's NOT the Osprey 48 pager coming out in June! -Naval Institute Press published = The Japanese submarine force and WWII It's still in print via Amazon.com and N.I.P, I think, under their blue ribbon or blue title book listings or some crap like that! -Conway Maritime Press = Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy This second text is Out of print & VERY RARE kids and expensive. One version came out in 1986 and the listed 2nd edition on Amazon.com in 1992. I've only found the 1986 editions though, at big bucks at that too. This second text cover regular Jap. subs and midget subs of WWII also! hellas1- Yes...I love subbies! Last edited by hellas1; 12-24-06 at 12:04 AM. |
12-23-06, 11:56 PM | #2 | |
Sea Lord
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Japanese Submarine Books
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Also, a good first-person account of Japanese submarine operations can be found in I-Boat Captain by Zenji Orita. At least I thought it was good.:hmm: |
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12-24-06, 12:05 AM | #3 |
Bosun
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Regarding the IJN sub books
Hello sir,
I read a review about that book. I think it was on Amazon. The reader said it sucked. Sorry dude, don't kill me. hellas1 |
12-25-06, 03:39 PM | #4 |
Sea Lord
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I-Boat Captain Reviews
I only see three reviews on Amazon, and all three readers liked it (4/5 rating each). However, it is possible that you wouldn't like it - everyone has their own taste in war books, after all.
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12-27-06, 12:25 PM | #5 |
Bosun
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Regarding previous post
Hi,
No, if you read the description of the book it's not a tactical and/or technical book. It's a submarine biography. My initial post refers to tactical and technical books only, sorry for my NOT expressing this. hellas1 |
12-29-06, 11:37 AM | #6 |
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I don't know why, We can't buy Captain Zenji Orita 's book in Japanese.
I want read.... He looks good captain,I read the book written by Shunichi Shigemoto who was a Navigation officer of I-47.Which is command by Zenji Orita. If you can read Japanese these books are so good. (Nihon no sensuikan perfect guide) "Perfect guide of Japanese submarine." http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-la...nguage=en%5FJP It is good to know ,I boat, Ro boat, Ha boat.submarine. (Zusetsu teikoku kaigun tokusyu senkoutei zenshi WWII series) "Illustrated book The history of midget submarine and special submarine of IJN in WWII" http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-la...nguage=ja%5FJP I read it in book store, Its looks very very good,but expencive. They are a lot of plans of Kaiten and etc...
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Japanese Sub Books
@ Zaza - Unfortunately, I cannot read Japanese. So I guess I'll have to stick to English-language books, although those do look very interesting.
@ hellas1 - I don't really understand your response, as you pointed out that a reviewer didn't like it, not that it wasn't the kind of book that you were looking for. This response doesn't address your earlier point, nor my response to it which are as follows: Quote:
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