Today we look as the second phase of carrier development, from the conversions of the Washington Treaty to the start of the Second World War.

Sources:
Warship IV - HMS Illustrious: The First Armoured Aircraft Carrier, by Alan Payne, MINA
Warship IX - Early Aircraft Carrier Projects, by David K Brown, RCNC
Warship 2014 - The IJN Light Carrier Ryũjô by Hans Lengerer
Warship 2015 - The Aircraft Carriers of the Shőkaku Class by Hans Lengerer
"What Value the Dark Blue Sky" - Dr Alexander Clarke
www.amazon.co.uk/Kaigun-Strategy-Technology-Imperial-1887-1941/dp/159114244X
www.amazon.co.uk/Nelson-Vanguard-Warship-Development-1923-1945/dp/1861762895
www.amazon.co.uk/British-Aircraft-Carriers-Development-Histories/dp/1848321384
www.amazon.co.uk/American-British-Aircraft-Carrier-Development/dp/1591143802
www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Japanese-Navy-Pacific-War/dp/1472801466
www.amazon.co.uk/Aircraft-Carrier-Victorious-Detailed-Original/dp/1526737345
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/8364596527

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