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10. Naval Operations: (Hawaii)
12. " " (Marianas)
17. " " (Okinawa)
24. " " (Philippines-Malaya, Opening Operations)
26. " " (Dutch East Indies, Opening Operations)
29. " " (Northern Area)
38. " " (Central Pacific through May 1942)
43. " " (Midway)
46. " " (Antisubmarine Warfare)
49. " " (Southeast Area, Part I)
56. " " (Leyte Gulf)
62. " " (Central Pacific from June 1942)
83. " " (Southeast Area, Part II)
96. " " (Southeast Area, Part III)

Japanese Aircraft Carriers and Destroyers. (Pocket Pictorial 2) London: Macdonald, 1964.

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7. FUBUKI Class (Part I)
17. FUBUKI Class (Part II)
19. ASASHIO / AKIZUKI Classes
21. FUBUKI Class (Part III) / AKATSUKI Class
24. HATSUHARU / SHIRATSUYU Classes
41. KAGERO / YUGUMO / SHIMAKAZE / MATSU Classes
51. MINEKAZE / KAMIKAZE / MUTSUKI Classes

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III. The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942.
IV. Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942-August 1942.
V. The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943.
VI. Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944.
VII. Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944.
VIII. New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944.
XII. Leyte, June 1944-January 1945.
XIII. The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, The Visayas, 1944-1945.
XIV. Victory in the Pacific, 1945.
XV. Supplement and General Index.

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