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

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 and supporting the research of other authors, 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, an international group of authors and researchers working in this field. Having spent much of his working life in the Far East, he has an abiding interest in the history of military aviation in that part of the world, and first-hand knowledge of the geography, languages and people. He lives in Bury St Edmonds. 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