Brian Lane Herder and Paul Wright (illustrator), British Pacific Fleet 1944-45: The Royal Navy in the downfall of Japan

The British Pacific fleet was neither needed nor wanted for the final operations around Japan, but it went anyways to fight alongside the Americans.With the surrender of the Italian fleet and winding down of the European war against Nazi Germany, the Royal Navy's battleships, aircraft carriers, and cruisers were short of useful employment, and the last opportunity for major fleet actions was now in the Pacific.Despite serious shortfalls in logistics, the British Pacific Fleet performed just enough fighting and left a favourable impression with American admirals it was associated with to get a little glory and a front-row