Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 – Forging the Blade
Chapter 2 – Wielding the Blade – China 1940-41
Chapter 3 – Thrusting the Blade – The Carrier Aces
Chapter 4 – Slashing Blade – Across the Islands
Chapter 5 – Parrying Blade – 4th Kokutai
Chapter 6 – Relentless Blade – Tainan Kokutai
Appendices

Promotional Information

A fully illustrated study of the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen in the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) campaigns between 1940-1942, focusing on the A6M2 fighter variants of the 4th and Tainan Kokutai.

About the Author

Nicholas Millman is one of Britain’s leading researchers of Japanese military aviation. He is the author of three previous Aircraft of the Aces titles for Osprey, and in addition to publishing articles in specialist journals, he runs his own website dedicated to the subject which attracts visitors from 195 countries. He is a member of Pacific Air War History Associates.

Ronnie Olsthoorn was born and raised in the Netherlands, where he studied aeronautical engineering. After graduating he chose to become a professional artist and soon moved to the UK. Currently a freelancer, Ronnie has created artwork for 15 computer games and even more aviation books. His work has also appeared in forensic air crash visualisations and numerous aviation and digital arts magazines. He lives in Voorschoten, Netherlands.

Reviews

"This book should be a 'must have' for modelers and students of the Zero-sen pilots in the year before and after Pearl Harbor ... I highly recommend it." - Aeroscale Kitmaker