History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Leyte, June 1944-January 1945University of Illinois Press, 2001 - Всего страниц: 512 Volume 12: Leyte, June 1944-January 1945, is a dramatic retelling of the greatest naval battle of all time, the Battle for Leyte Gulf. The Allied victory at Leyte enabled the U.S. Navy to transport troops and base long-range bomber planes in positions so close to Japan that victory was all but assured. |
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After the Marianas What? JuneSeptember 1944 | 3 |
Morotai SeptemberNovember 1944 | 19 |
Plans and Commands for Leyte SeptemberOctober | 55 |
Formosa Air Battle 1020 October 1944 | 60 |
Carrier Strikes on Okinawa and Formosa 1014 | 86 |
Cripdiv 1 and Concluding Strikes 1320 | 95 |
Results of Formosa Air Battle | 104 |
Preliminaries 720 October 1944 | 113 |
The Battle of Surigao Strait 2425 October 1944 198 | 197 |
The Battle off Samar The Main Action 25 October | 242 |
The Carriers Running Fight 07230907 | 276 |
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The Contribution of Taffy 2 06580935 | 285 |
The Battle off Cape Engaño 2526 October 1944 | 317 |
Naval Operations around Leyte 26 October25 | 339 |
Leyte Secured 16 November 194410 May 1945 | 361 |
The Main Landings 2029 October 1944 | 130 |
Air Support and Beachhead Consolidation | 148 |
PART III | 157 |
The Air Battles of 24 October | 177 |
Submarine Patrols SeptemberNovember 1944 | 398 |
Task Organization for the Invasion | 415 |
Japanese Forces in the Battle for Leyte | 430 |
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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.: Leyte, june 1944 ... Samuel Eliot Morison Недоступно для просмотра - 2001 |
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