The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action (Twentieth-Century Battles)
de H. P. Willmott
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 025301901X
- ISBN 13
- 9780253019011
- Librería
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Smyrna, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Indiana University Press, 2015. Paperback. Like New. LIKE NEW, Unread. . . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The nature of war and of victory -- 2.) The option of difficulties: the American situation in the aftermath of the victory in the Philippine Sea -- 3.) The search for solutions: The Japanese situation in the aftermath of defeat in the Philippine Sea -- 4.) Preliminaries, 6-18 October 1944 -- 5.) Advance and contact, 18-24 October 1944 -- 6.) The great day of wrath, 25 October 1944 -- 7.) The naval battle for the Philippines: the postscript, 26 October-30 November 1944 -- 8.) To pause and consider: blame, responsibility, and the verdict of history. . . . . . . . . . . . The battle of Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval battle in modern history. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides on 24-25 October 1944. 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, " as well as a comprehensive discussion of the events leading up to and following the battle.
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- Librería
- Antique Mall Books, LLC (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2405160004
- Título
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action (Twentieth-Century Battles)
- Autor
- H. P. Willmott
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 025301901X
- ISBN 13
- 9780253019011
- Editorial
- Indiana University Press
- Fecha de publicación
- 2015
- X weight
- 24 oz
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Antique Mall Books, LLC
Sobre Antique Mall Books, LLC
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