USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship in one of the most famous classes of battleships ever commissioned into the US Navy. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign, and sunk her first enemy ship, the Katori. The Iowa went on to serve across a number of pivotal Pacific War campaigns, including at the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. It ended the war spending several months bombarding the Japanese Home Islands before the surrender in August 1945.After taking part in the Korea War, the Iowa was decommissioned in 1958, before being briefly reactivated in the 1980s as part of President Reagan's 600-Ship Navy Plan. After being decommissioned a second and final time in 1990, the Iowa is now a museum ship in Los Angeles. This new addition to the Anatomy of the Ship series is illustrated with contemporary photographs, scaled plans of the ship and superb 3D illustrations which bring this historic battleship to life.

《二战巅峰对决：德国步兵VS美国步兵》选取了1944年6—12月间，发生在欧洲战场上的三场小规模战役，对参加战斗的美国陆军部队和德国陆军部队分别进行了深入剖析。本书首先介绍了战役背景及参战部队的组建和编制情况，然后简要解读了美德两国陆军步兵的作战定位、征兵与训练体系、战斗意志培养与后勤供应体系、领导和通信体系，以及武器装备和战术指挥体系，接着聚焦于发生在蒙特布尔、沙恩霍斯特防线和克林凯尔特森林的战斗，详尽叙述了战事进程和双方步兵的对战情况，*后对战役结果和双方步兵的战斗力对比情况进行了深入剖析。
本书凭借客观的史料、缜密犀利的评论以及精美绝伦的原创彩绘插画，展现出可读性、观赏性和资料性，是广大军事爱好者不可错过的经典军事科普读物。