Download or read book Titans of the Rising Sun written by and published by Inland Expressions. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Titans of the Rising Sun is a detailed study of Japan's Yamato class superbattleships which participated in World War Two. This publication details the evolution of Japanese battleship development culminating with the construction of the largest battleships in history. Included in this volume are the naval battles in which the ships of this class participated along with an analysis of the eventual obsolescence of the battleship in favor of the aircraft carrier.