The 20th century became a real century of aircraft carriers, depriving His Majesty the Battleship of the title “Lord of the Oceans” and turning aircraft-carrying ships into a “miracle weapon” that decided the outcome of the war at sea. In a new encyclopedia by a leading naval historian, you will find comprehensive information both on the course of this naval revolution that changed human history, and on all the battles in which aircraft carriers participated - not only their duels, but also actions against line forces and shore bases. from the first combat operations of carrier-based aircraft to Pearl Harbor and Midway, from the death of the greatest battleship Yamato, sunk by dive bombers and torpedo bombers in just an hour and a half, to the present day.