Super-Battleships of World War I

Taking place in 1918, the naval industry underwent significant changes. Although Britain still maintained the world's largest fleet, their ships were becoming outdated and inferior to the more modern American and Japanese battleships. With the threat of an arms race between the victors of World War I looming, naval expert Angus Konstam explores and compares the battleships being designed between 1918 and 1922. This includes Britain's G3-class battlecruisers and N3 hyper-dreadnoughts, the US Navy's South Dakota battleships and Lexington-class battlecruisers, and Japan's Amagi-class battlecruisers. However, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 ultimately halted new construction and limited the major fleets, resulting in the cancellation and scrapping of many of these powerful warships. Featuring new color reconstructions, this book is the first to delve into these never-built monster warships. Written by Angus Konstam and illustrated by Adam Tooby, this