Leyte Gulf 1944 1

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472842824

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Leyte Gulf 1944 (1) by Mark Stille Pdf

In October 1944, the US prepared to invade the Philippines to cut Japan off from its resource areas in Southeast Asia. The Japanese correctly predicted this, and prepared a complex operation to use the remaining strength of its navy to defend its possessions. This is the first in a two-part study of the October 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese. In the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Imperial Japanese Navy's First Diversion Strike Force took part in two major actions during the course of the battle: the intense air attacks from US Navy carriers on October 24 (the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, which accounted for superbattleship Musashi), and the compelling action off Samar the following day. This book examines in detail why, following the Samar action, the Imperial Japanese Navy commander of the First Diversion Strike Force (Takeo Kurita) chose to ignore orders and break off the attack into Leyte Gulf-one of the two most controversial decisions of the entire battle. It also covers the Japanese planning for Leyte Gulf, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Imperial Japanese Navy in this phase of the war alongside the US Navy's planning and command arrangements.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472842817

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Leyte Gulf 1944 (1) by Mark Stille Pdf

In October 1944, the US prepared to invade the Philippines to cut Japan off from its resource areas in Southeast Asia. This is the first in a two-part study of the October 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese.

Author : Thomas J. Cutler
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032581558

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23-26 October, 1944 by Thomas J. Cutler Pdf

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.

Author : Bernard Ireland,Howard Gerrard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
ISBN : OCLC:751853524

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Leyte Gulf 1944 by Bernard Ireland,Howard Gerrard Pdf

Author : Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0515092304

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf by Edwin Palmer Hoyt Pdf

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.

Author : C. Vann Woodward
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782899112

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The Battle For Leyte Gulf [Illustrated Edition] by C. Vann Woodward Pdf

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.”

Author : Nathan N. Prefer
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612001562

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Leyte, 1944 by Nathan N. Prefer Pdf

The decisive battle in Gen. MacArthur’s reclaiming of the Philippines in WWII is told in vivid, on-the-ground detail in this “definitive account” (WWII History Magazine). When Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines in 1942 to organize a new American army, he vowed, “I shall return!” More than two years later, he did return, retaking the Philippines from the Japanese. The site of his reinvasion was the central Philippine island of Leyte. The Japanese high command decided to make Leyte the “decisive battle” for the western Pacific and rushed crack Imperial Army units from Manchuria, Korea, and Japan to overwhelm the Americans. The Americans in turn rushed in reinforcements. This unique battle also saw a counteroffensive designed to push the Americans off the island and capture the elusive Gen. MacArthur. Both American and Japanese battalions spent days surrounded by the enemy, often until relieved or overwhelmed. Leyte was a three-dimensional battle, fought with the best both sides had to offer, and did indeed decide the fate of the Philippines in World War II.

Author : Edward M. Furgol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
ISBN : MINN:30000004000968

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf by Edward M. Furgol Pdf

Author : Bernard Ireland
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1841769789

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Leyte Gulf 1944 by Bernard Ireland Pdf

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 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'.

Author : Edwin P. Hoyt
Publisher : Jove
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1983-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0515075108

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Battle of Leyte Gulf by Edwin P. Hoyt Pdf

In October 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy, driven to desperation, set out to surprise and annihilate the American forces that had just landed on the central Philippine island of Leyte. Instead, they suffered a crushing loss that broke the back of the Japanese navy and ensured that Japan would lose the war. This is the blazing hour-by-hour account of that brutal battle.

Author : Thomas J. Cutler
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1873376324

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Battle of Leyte Gulf by Thomas J. Cutler Pdf

The last great naval battle of World War II, Leyte Gulf also is remembered as the biggest naval battle ever fought anywhere, and this book has been called the best account of it ever written. First published in hardcover on the battle's fiftieth anniversary in 1994 and drawing on materials not previously available, it blends history with human drama to give a real sense of what happened -- despite the mammoth scope of the battle. Every facet of naval warfare was involved in the struggle that engaged some two hundred thousand men and 282 American, Japanese, and Australian ships over more than a hundred thousand square miles of sea. That Tom Cutler succeeded at such a difficult task is no surprise.

Author : H. P. Willmott
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253003515

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf by H. P. Willmott Pdf

"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.

Author : Thomas J. Cutler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0060926392

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf by Thomas J. Cutler Pdf

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472819222

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The Philippine Sea 1944 by Mark Stille Pdf

After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The two fleets clashed on 19-20 June 1944 and the Japanese carrier fighters were shot down in devastating numbers by US aircraft in what became known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”, before US counterattacks and submarine strikes forced the withdrawal of the Japanese fleet. Fully illustrated with stunning specially commissioned artwork, Mark Stille tells the enthralling story of the last, and largest, carrier battle of the Pacific War, the one that saw the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy as a formed fighting force.

Author : Kenneth I. Friedman
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054116911

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Afternoon of the Rising Sun by Kenneth I. Friedman Pdf

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.