This spectacular fifteen-volume series that charts the U.S. Naval operations during World War II with an insider's perspective. Morison, a Harvard professor, was given a special rank and writing post by FDR. He had active duty aboard eleven different ships, allowing him to witness many crucial battles in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Volume Twelve recounts the greatest naval battle of all time, the Battle for Leyte Gulf in the western Pacific. Filled with many maps and file photographs.
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First rate account of the Leyte Operation in WWII.,
By owessel@iname.com (Cumberland, Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Leyte: June 1944 - Jan 1945 - Volume 12 (History of the United States Naval Operations in World War Two) (Hardcover)
Morison was the official historian of the USN during WWII. He experienced the action as it was happening and therefore brings a unique perspective to the acccount. It is presented in a highly readable manner and is exhaustive in detail. Well worth the time and expense.
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Leyte June 1944-January 1945,
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This review is from: Leyte: June 1944 - Jan 1945 - Volume 12 (History of the United States Naval Operations in World War Two) (Hardcover)
The best book in the "Naval Operations of WWII" series. If you are a combat veteran (Army or Navy, any war), it will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck.
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The Greatest Naval Battle of All Time,
By Patrick Doherty (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Leyte: June 1944-January 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II) (Hardcover)
LEYTE is the story of what many consider to be the greatest naval battle of all time and it is also a tale which focuses on some of the most famous personalities of World War II such as MacArthur, Nimitz, Halsey, Stillwell, Arnold and Lemay.Morison had a small but capable staff assisting him in his research efforts for this book as well as the other volumes in the series. One of his staff members actually sailed up to Leyte in Vice Admiral Wilkinson's flagship. In 1950 Morison himself visited Japan and discussed the Battle for Leyte Gulf with leading Japanese participants. LEYTE is one of the most important studies in the HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II.
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BETWEEN April and August 1944, events in the Pacific moved at breathless pace. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
left flank cruisers, heavy cruiser column, escort carrier planes, fast carrier groups, gunfire range, beaching craft, carrier formation, escort carriers, destroyer screen, laying smoke, destroyer squadron, torpedo attack, firing torpedoes, two heavy cruisers, track chart, action report, fast carriers, four destroyers, air group, stern tubes, combat air patrol, three destroyers, ooo yards Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Leyte Gulf, Admiral Halsey, Seventh Fleet, Surigao Strait, Center Force, Third Fleet, Rear Adm, United States, War College Analysis, Pacific Fleet, San Bernardino Strait, Admiral Nimitz, Admiral Oldendorf, Admiral Kinkaid, Ormoc Bay, Northern Force, Gambier Bay, Southwest Pacific, Lieutenant Commander, Admiral Kurita, Major General, Army Air Force, Pearl Harbor, Admiral Barbey, Clifton Sprague New!
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BETWEEN April and August 1944, events in the Pacific moved at breathless pace. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
left flank cruisers, heavy cruiser column, escort carrier planes, fast carrier groups, gunfire range, beaching craft, carrier formation, escort carriers, destroyer screen, laying smoke, destroyer squadron, torpedo attack, firing torpedoes, two heavy cruisers, track chart, action report, fast carriers, four destroyers, air group, stern tubes, combat air patrol, three destroyers, ooo yards Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Leyte Gulf, Admiral Halsey, Seventh Fleet, Surigao Strait, Center Force, Third Fleet, Rear Adm, United States, War College Analysis, Pacific Fleet, San Bernardino Strait, Admiral Nimitz, Admiral Oldendorf, Admiral Kinkaid, Ormoc Bay, Northern Force, Gambier Bay, Southwest Pacific, Lieutenant Commander, Admiral Kurita, Major General, Army Air Force, Pearl Harbor, Admiral Barbey, Clifton Sprague New!
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