Ebook: The Battle for Leyte, 1944 : allied and Japanese plans, preparations, and execution
Author: Vego Milan N.
- Tags: Leyte Gulf Battle of Philippines 1944, World War 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Leyte Island, Strategy, Pacific Ocean -- Strategic aspects, Leyte Island (Philippines) -- History Military, HISTORY -- Military -- World War II, Military campaigns, Strategic aspects of individual places, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Philippines -- Leyte Island
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- City: Annopolis, Leyte Island (Philippines), Pacific Ocean, Philippines., Philippines--Leyte Island., Paci
- Language: English
- epub
One of the largest and most complex military efforts ever undertaken, the Leyte Operation was the Allies' first and most important major combined operation to liberate the Philippine archipelago. The stakes were high: a successful landing at Leyte was critical to a subsequent assault on Luzon and total control of the Philippines. If Japan lost the Philippines, its supply of oil and other strategic raw materials Read more...