Storm Over Leyte : : the Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy

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All in -- The lowdown -- Breakthrough and exploitation -- Best-laid plans -- Destroy the invading enemy -- MacArthur returns, Sho unleashed -- "With confidence in heavenly guidance, the entire force will attach!" -- The First Team versus the Rising Sun -- Tallyho ... carriers! -- "Close and attack enemy carriers!" -- Sea fights and shipwrecks.
"As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine and airplane was placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey’s unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf-- the greatest naval battle in history. In Storm Over Leyte, acclaimed historian John Prados gives readers an unprecedented look at both sides of this titanic naval clash, demonstrating that, despite the Americans' overwhelming superiority in firepower and supplies, the Japanese achieved their goal, inflicting grave damage on U.S. forces. And for the first time, readers will have access to the naval intelligence reports that influenced key strategic decisions on both sides. Drawing upon a wealth of untapped sources-- U.S. and Japanese military records, diaries, declassified intelligence reports and postwar interrogation transcripts-- Prados offers up a masterful narrative of naval conflict on an epic scale"-- Dust jacket.

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Everything You Never Wanted To Know submitted by GJBarnett2 on December 19, 2016, 8:54pm Too much detail. Way too much detail. Over 150 pages of set-up, US carrier air raids on Taiwan and other targets. Every air attack by either side, every torpedo launched. Encyclopedic but reads like an encyclopedia. A great reference but almost unreadable. Makes the greatest naval battle in history a cure for insomnia.