An edition of The Battle of Leyte Gulf (1979)

The Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • 2 Have read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 2 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
March 17, 2024 | History
An edition of The Battle of Leyte Gulf (1979)

The Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • 2 Have read

Although largely unknown to British readers, Leyte Gulf marked the culmination of the naval battles not only of World War II but of history. The biggest in scale, it was also the most varied, employing every type of vessel from giant battleship to submarine and every form of aircraft from interceptor fighter to suicide attacker. It marked also the final eclipse of the battleship as the major weapon at sea and confirmed the vital importance of the aircraft carrier. Yet the greatest interest in the battle lies in the crucial decisions that had to be taken during its course by the American and Japanese commanders with their very different aims and outlooks. Though the outcome was decisive, the result was in doubt almost until the end. In the first full-length account by a British author, the issues of the battle are considered impartially and its many puzzles are explained. - Jacket flap.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
223

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
1980, Scribner
in English
Cover of: The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
1979, Robert Hale, The Crowood Press
Hardcover in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Table of Contents

Plans, preparations, preliminaries
The submarine attacks
The air attacks of 24 October
Admiral Halsey heads north
The action in Surigao Strait
The action off Cape Engano
The action off Samar Island
Admiral Kurita changes course
Kamikaze
Death of a navy

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [215]-216.
Includes index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/26
Library of Congress
D774.P5 S75 1979, D774.P5

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
223 p., [8] leaves of plates
Number of pages
223
Dimensions
23 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4181098M
Internet Archive
battleofleytegul0000stew
ISBN 10
0709175442
ISBN 13
9780709175445
LCCN
80458966
OCLC/WorldCat
6199525
Library Thing
1528845
Goodreads
3950119

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
March 17, 2024 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 13, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
February 17, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
February 28, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot remove fake subjects
December 10, 2009 Created by WorkBot add works page