Japanese Light Cruisers
of World War Il in action
By Wayne Patton
Color by Don Greer
Line art by David Gebhardt and Darren Glenn
Editor: J. Michael McMurtrey
a Warships Number 25
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Acknowledgements and Photo Credits:
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