The Battle For Leyte Gulf
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The Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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Author : Stan Smith
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2017-07-19
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf written by Stan Smith and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-19 with History categories.
LEYTE! The eight-day series of battles that took place on land, sea and air over thousands of square miles in October 1944 has gone down in history as the time of decision in World War II. The men who were there recall it with one unforgettable word...Leyte! In the pages of this new book, many years in preparation, those days of glory live again.
The Battle For Leyte Gulf Illustrated Edition
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Author : C. Vann Woodward
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15
The Battle For Leyte Gulf Illustrated Edition written by C. Vann Woodward and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
Includes 6 charts and 20 photos Pulitzer prize winning author C. Vann Woodward recounts the story of the largest naval battle of all time. “The Battle for Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval battle of the Second World War and the largest engagement ever fought on the high seas. It was composed of four separate yet closely interrelated actions, each of which involved forces comparable in size with those engaged in any previous battle of the Pacific War. The four battles, two of them fought simultaneously, were joined in three different bodies of water separated by as much as 500 miles. Yet all four were fought between dawn of one day and dusk of the next, and all were waged in the repulse of a single, huge Japanese operation. “They were guided by a master plan drawn up in Tokyo two months before our landing and known by the code name Sho Plan. It was a bold and complicated plan calling for reckless sacrifice and the use of cleverly conceived diversion. As an afterthought the suicidal Kamikaze campaign was inaugurated in connection with the plan. Altogether the operation was the most desperate attempted by any naval power during the war-and there were moments, several of them in fact, when it seemed to be approaching dangerously near to success. “Unlike the majority of Pacific naval battles that preceded it, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was not limited to an exchange of air strikes between widely separated carrier forces, although it involved action of that kind. It also included surface and subsurface action between virtually all types of fighting craft from motor torpedo boats to battleships, at ranges varying from point-blank to fifteen miles, with weapons ranging from machine guns to great rifles of 18-inch bore, fired “in anger” by the Japanese for the first time in this battle.”
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf 23 26 October 1944
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Author : Thomas J. Cutler
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1994
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf 23 26 October 1944 written by Thomas J. Cutler and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This riveting, blow-by-blow account recounts the dramatic story of the fiercest naval battle in the history of warfare--the U.S.-Japanese conflict at Leyte Gulf. Published on the 50th anniversary of the event, this riveting history presents the true, inside story of the military loss that sounded the death knell for the Japanese Navy.
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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Author : Adrian Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Release Date : 1980
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf written by Adrian Stewart and has been published by Scribner Book Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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Author : Edwin Palmer Hoyt
language : en
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date : 1987
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf written by Edwin Palmer Hoyt and has been published by Berkley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Fiction categories.
The blazing, hour-by-hour account of the bloodiest sea battle of World War II from acclaimed author Edwin P. Hoyt. By October, 1944, the Japanese Navy was driven to take a desperate action: to surprise the American forces at Leyte Gulf in the South Pacific. Special action photo edition.
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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Author : H. P. Willmott
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2005-08-19
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf written by H. P. Willmott and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-19 with History categories.
"The Battle of Leyte Gulf was an extremely unusual battle. It was unusual on five separate counts that are so obvious that they are usually missed. It was unusual in that it was a series of actions, not a single battle. It was unusual as a naval battle in that it was fought over five days; historically, naval battles have seldom spread themselves over more than one or two days. It was unusual in terms of its name. This battle involved a series of related actions subsequently grouped together under the name of just one of these engagements, but in fact none of the actions were fought inside Leyte Gulf.... More importantly, it was unusual in that it was a full-scale fleet action fought after the issue of victory and defeat at sea had been decided, and it was unusual in that it resulted in clear, overwhelming victory and defeat." -- from Chapter One The Battle of Leyte Gulf -- October 22-28, 1944 -- was the greatest naval engagement in history. In fact the battle was four separate actions, none of which were fought in the Gulf itself, and the result was the destruction of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides. It provides the context of the battle, most obviously in terms of Japanese calculations and the search for "a fitting place to die" and "the chance to bloom as flowers of death." Using Japanese material never previously noted in western accounts, H.P. Willmott provides new perspectives on the unfolding of the battle and very deliberately seeks to give readers a proper understanding of the importance of this battle for American naval operations in the following month. This careful interrogation of the accounts of "the last fleet action" is a significant contribution to military history.
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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Author : Edward M. Furgol
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf written by Edward M. Furgol and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 categories.
Battle Of Leyte Gulf
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Author : John Grehan
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2021-03-02
Battle Of Leyte Gulf written by John Grehan and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with History categories.
A photographic history of World War II’s largest naval battle, in which the Japanese and Americans squared off in the Philippines. On October 20, 1944, the U.S. Sixth Army began landing on Leyte’s eastern coast, supported by the U.S. Navy's 3rd and 7th fleets, which were assisted by ships from the Royal Australian Navy. The Japanese were aware that the Americans were poised to attack the Philippines and planned to draw the American warships into one last great battle to try and stave off the otherwise inevitable defeat. Over the course of the following three days, the two naval forces had four separate engagements. Involving more than 360 ships and 200,000 naval personnel, the battle was the greatest naval encounter of World War II—and possibly the largest naval battle in history. The result was disastrous for the Japanese, who lost three battleships, four aircraft carriers, ten cruisers, and eleven destroyers, along with almost 300 aircraft—the greatest loss of ships and crew the Japanese had ever experienced. In Battle of Leyte Gulf, the actions of the warships as well as the accompanying amphibious landings on Leyte by the U.S. Sixth Army are vividly revealed through a dramatic collection of photographs depicting the ships, sailors, airmen, and soldiers who made history.
The Battle For Leyte Gulf
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Author : C. Vann Woodward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-05-02
The Battle For Leyte Gulf written by C. Vann Woodward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-02 with categories.
The Battle for Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval battle of the Second World War. It the largest engagement ever fought on the high seas. From Singapore, Formosa, and Japan the Imperial Japanese Navy set forth: 9 battleships, 4 carriers, 14 heavy cruisers, 6 light cruisers, 33 destroyers -- all bound for victory or death in the waters of Leyte Gulf. They were met by the combined forces of the American and Australian navies with 12 battleships, 8 fleet carriers, 8 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 24 cruisers, 166 destroyers and destroyer escorts, along with numerous other vessels. For the Japanese the battle represented the supreme naval effort of the war. At Leyte Gulf they aimed to smash the Allied navies and prevent the American attempt to recapture the Philippines. The Japanese were willing to gamble everything on this battle and one of their Admirals, Takeo Kurita, admitted after the war that they "expected that more than half our ships would be lost." Yet, the Japanese were not able to smash the Allied navies and never again demonstrated the same strength on the highs seas that they had prior to 23rd October 1944. C. Vann Woodward, the Pulitzer-prize winning historian, provides a fascinating overview of the engagement that lasted for four days. He breaks down the conflict into four separate major battles, including the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Cape Engaño, and the Battle off Samar, to demonstrate to the reader the sheer scale and ferocity of the Battle for Leyte Gulf. "This is the first full account of what will undoubtedly be a considerable library on the Battle for Leyte Gulf and it is well that it is the first. The general picture is so soundly documented that it is hard to see how anyone, ever, will be able to improve on Mr. Woodward's presentation of the facts in the case." -- The New York Times C. Vann Woodward was Professor of History at John Hopkins University and subsequently at Yale. During the war he served as as an Intelligence Officer in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations. He wrote numerous books on the American south and race relations. His book The Battle for Leyte Gulf was first published in 1947 and he passed away in 1999.
Afternoon Of The Rising Sun
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Author : Kenneth I. Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 2001
Afternoon Of The Rising Sun written by Kenneth I. Friedman and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
October 1944: The Batle of Leyte Gulf was the greatest battle in naval history, with over 250 vessels involved, yet its outcome depended on the nerve of a handful of sailors and the opposing commanders. 32 photos. 20 maps.