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  • Written by: H. P. Willmott
  • Narrated by: Jim Seitz
  • Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action

Written by: H. P. Willmott
Narrated by: Jim Seitz
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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.

Winner, Society for Military history Distinguished Book Award.

©2005 H. P. Willmott (P)2015 Redwood Audiobooks
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The Definitive Book on the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Not one detail is missed in this wide-ranging account. Don't bother with any other resource on this battle, you'll be wasting your time.

Ideal way to follow along is with a map of the Pacific theatre, then you see how life threatening decisions could be, right and wrong, on both sides.

You will come away from Willmott/Seitz's book feeling like an expert on this defining moment that helped to turn the tide of war.

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