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Leyte Gulf 1944: The world's greatest sea battle

By Bernard Ireland

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2006
ISBN
1841769789, 9781841769783
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
41 MB (42578100 bytes)
Series
Osprey Campaign 163
Pages
96\97
Time added
2021-06-26 07:56:15

Description

Leyte Gulf was a key victory for the United States: its scale dwarfed previous sea conflicts and its result created an opportunity for the US forces to invade the Philippines. Four different battles - Leyte, Samar, Cape Engaño and the Surigao Strait - occurred almost simultaneously as part of a Japanese plan to claim a Trafalgar-style victory over US forces. Yet they were defeated in the battles on the surface, under the sea and in the air. This highly-accessible book describes the conflict's interweaving battles and the personalities of the commanders involved in what has been called 'the greatest sea battle of all'.

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