Sekai No Kubo Kido Butai

[Machine Translation] Aircraft carriers (aircraft carriers) replaced battleships as the core naval force in World War II and have maintained their position as "kings of the sea" to this day. This book traces and explains the history of aircraft carriers and carrier task forces owned and operated by navies around the world, from the world's first aircraft carrier built by the United Kingdom to the present day. Not only regular aircraft carriers of various navies, but also carrier-type cruisers, destroyers, assault landing craft, and the latest unmanned aircraft carriers are featured. This is the definitive carrier manual that clearly summarizes the carrier as a combat ship, the fleet centered on the carrier, and the changes in carrier operations in each country.

第二次大戦で戦艦に代わる海軍の中核戦力となり、今日に至るまで「海の王者」としての地位を保ってきた航空母艦(空母)。本書では、イギリスによる世界初の空母建造から現代まで、世界各国の海軍が保有し運用した空母と空母機動部隊の歴史を辿り、解説する。各国海軍の正規空母のみならず、空母型の巡洋艦や護衛艦、強襲揚陸艦、最新の無人機空母も登場。戦闘艦としての空母と空母を中心に据えた艦隊、各国における空母運用の変遷を分かりやすくまとめた空母解説書の決定版である。