
“The BATTLE Of LEYTE GULF” The Death Knell of the Japanese Fleet. - By Edwin P. Hoyt. From the author of "Submarines At War" and "Bowfin." Disaster and triumph in the bloodiest sea battle of World War II and the largest naval battle ever fought. American submarine USS Darter among the many U.S. ships lost in this epic multi-day battle. It was October 1944 and the Japanese committed virtually every operational fighting ship on the lists of the Imperial Japanese Navy, including battleships Yamato and Musashi, which were the most powerful war ships ever built. Likewise the American's too used everything from PT boats, submarines, battleships and aircraft carriers. 1972 Hardback (Book Club) edition, with dust jacket. 375 pages, 37 B/W
photos, index but no maps.
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