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Leyte Gulf 1944: The World's Greatest Sea Battle

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Leyte Gulf was a key victory for the United States during World War II (1939-1945): 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 Enga???o 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 ...

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Leyte Gulf 1944: The World's Greatest Sea Battle 2006, Osprey Publishing (UK), New York

ISBN-13: 9781841769783

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