The battle of Leyte Gulf : the last fleet action / by Willmott, H. P.

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The battle of Leyte Gulf / by Hoyt, Edwin Palmer

A military history of the Western World. by Fuller, J. F. C. 1878-1966

Table of Contents: “…From the Seven Days Battle, 1862, to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944.…”

Battle of Surigao Strait / by Tully, Anthony P., 1961-

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Fremantle's submarines : how Allied submariners and Western Australians helped to win the war in the Pacific / by Sturma, Michael, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…On the edge -- Like heaven -- Wilkes -- Lockwood -- Torpedoes and tragedies -- Christie -- Traveling north -- Sailors' women -- Hunter and hunted -- Trouble in paradise -- War of attrition -- Support and supply -- Cruel months -- The British arrive -- Adjustments and special missions -- Battle of Leyte Gulf -- Transitions -- Tribulations -- Cooperation at sea -- War's end -- Epilogue.…”
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Sea of thunder : four commanders and the last great naval campaign, 1941-1945 / by Thomas, Evan, 1951-

The U.S. Navy against the Axis : surface combat, 1941-1945 / by O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Sunday, 7 March 1943 -- Advance up the Solomons, March-August 1943 -- Victory in the Solomons, September-November 1943 -- The Pacific's wide waters, February-August 1944 -- European waters after Operation Torch, June 1944-April 1945 -- The battles of Leyte Gulf, October 1944 -- Final actions, December 1944-January 1945 -- Conclusion.…”

Leyte. by Anderson, Charles R., 1943-2003

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The U.S. Naval Institute on naval command /

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The battle to save the Houston : October 1944 to March 1945 / by Miller, John Grider, 1935-2009

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The music for "Victory at sea" : Richard Rodgers, Robert Russell Bennett, and the making of a TV masterpiece / by Ferencz, George Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; EP1, "Design for war"; EP2, "The Pacific boils over"; EP3, "Sealing the breach"; EP4, "Midway is east"; EP5, "Mediterranean mosaic"; EP6, "Guadalcanal"; EP7, "Rings around Rabaul"; EP8, "Mare nostrum"; E9, "Sea and sand"; EP10, "Beneath the Southern Cross"; EP11, "The magnetic north"; EP12, "the conquest of Micronesia"; EP13, "Melanesian nightmare"; EP14, "Roman renaissance"; EP15, "D-Day", EP16, "Killers and the killed"; EP17, "The turkey shoot"; EP18, "Two if by sea"; EP19, "Battle of Leyte Gulf"; EP20, "Return of the allies"; EP21, "Full fathom five"; EP22, "The fate of Europe"; EP23, "Target Suribachi"; EP24, "The road to Mandalay"; EP25, "Suicide for glory"; EP26, "Design for peace"; Postscript -- Appendix one: Robert Russell Bennett : a grandson's Victory remembrance -- Appendix two : Victory at sea : a chronology -- Appendix three : Digest of Victory's music-scoring statistics -- Appendix four : sample shot list (EP26) -- Appendix five : The 1959 companion book.…”
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The Battle for Leyte, 1944 : allied and Japanese plans, preparations, and execution / by Vego, Milan N.

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Admiral Bill Halsey : a naval life / by Hughes, Thomas Alexander, 1963-

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Hirohito's war : the Pacific war, 1941-1945 / by Pike, Francis

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Meiji restoration: 1868 -- Empires in conflict [1868-1931] -- Part II: Japan versus America and the world: 1931-1941 -- Ultra-nationalism and the death of democracy [1930-1936] -- Japan versus China: From phoney war to total war [1937-1941] -- Mobilization for war in Asia: America and Japan [1931-December 1941] -- Part III: Hirohito's whirlwind conquests: December 1941-June 1942 -- Pearl Harbor: Yamamoto's great mistake [7 December 1941 in Hawaii and Washington: 8 December 1941 in Tokyo] -- Plan ORANGE and MacArthur's Philippines debacle [December 1941-April 1942] -- Invasion of Malaya: Yamashita's 'Bicycle blitzkrieg' [December 1941-February 1942] -- Fall of Singapore: Churchill's sacrificial pawn [January 1942-February 1942] -- Burma corps: Humiliation then a fighting retreat [January 1941-May 1942] -- Ducth East Indies and Japan's quest for oil [December 1941-June 1942] -- Part IV: 'Victory disease': Japan's reversal of fortune: June-December 1942 -- Limits of empire: Doolittle and new military strategies [February 1942-May 1942] -- Battle of the Coral Sea: The first carrier 'shoot-out' [April 1942-May 1942] -- Battle of Midway: Nimitz's lucky day [4-7 June 1942] -- Battles of the Kokoda Trail: Aussies triumphant [June 1942-September 1942] -- Guadalcanal: Battles of Tulagi, Savo Island, Tenaru and East Solomons [May 1942-August 1942] -- Guadalcanal: Battle of Edson's (Bloody) Ridge [August 1942-November 1942] -- Guadalcanal: Henderson Field and the Santa Cruz Islands [September 1942-January 1943] -- Battles of Buna-Gona-Sanananda: MacArthur's lies and neglect [November 1942-February 1943] -- Guadalcanal: Battle of Tassafaronga and final reckonings [October 1942-February 1943] -- Part V: Toil and sweat: The Pacific, India, Burma, and China: January 1943-June 1944 -- Battle of the Bismarck sea: Tipping point of US air supremacy [January 1943-March 1943] -- Yamamoto assassinated and the battle of New Georgia [March 1943-October 1943] -- The Huon peninsula: Operation CARTWHEEL completed [September 1943-April 1944] -- The isolation of Rabaul and the starvation of Bougainville [November 1943-August 1945] -- The battles of Arakan, Imphal, and Kohima: Slim boxes clever [August 1943-July 1944] -- The ICHI-GO campaign and the battle of Myitkyina [January 1944-August 1945] -- Battle for China: FDR, Chiang, Mao, and 'Vinegar Joe' [January 1942-August 1945] -- Jump to Hollandia: MacArthur's greatest victory [March 1944-October 1944] -- Pacific island hop: The Gilberts, Marshalls, and Carolines [May 1943-June 1944] -- Part VI: Japan's forces of empire annihilated: June1944-February 1945 -- The great Marianas 'turkey shoot' [February 1944-June 1944] -- The invasions of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam: General Tojo upended [June 1944-August 1945] -- The Battle of Leyte Gulf: 'Bull' Halsey's mad dash for glory [October 1944] -- 'I have returned': MacArthur regains the Philippines [October 1944-August 1945] -- The Battle of the Irrawaddy River: Slim's 'Mandalay feint' [January 1945-May 1945] -- Part VII: Destruction of Japan's homeland: February 1945-August 1945 -- The Battle of Okinawa: Slaughter of the innocents [April 1945-August 1945] -- LeMay's B-29 superfortresses over Japan: Cities in ashes [April 1944-August 1945] -- Potsdam, Hirohito, and the atom bomb [July 1945-August 1945].…”

All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor / by Stratton, Donald, 1922-, Gire, Ken