{"product_id":"leyte-gulf-donald-macintyre-9798309537204","title":"Leyte Gulf: Armada in the Pacific","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe epic true story of the largest sea battle in history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ideal book for readers of \u003ci\u003eShattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway\u003c\/i\u003e by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully or \u003ci\u003eNeptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal\u003c\/i\u003e by James D. Hornfischer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween 23rd and 25th October 1944, nearly three hundred vessels, two thousand aircraft, and almost two hundred thousand men were involved in four separate engagements that have become known as the Battle for Leyte Gulf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough the odds of victory were slim for Imperial Japan, it risked the remnants of its fleet in an all-out effort to retain its conquests and safeguard its supply routes against the increasingly mighty American Pacific forces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald Macintyre, veteran of the Atlantic U-boat campaign and renowned military historian, uncovers the story of this monumental engagement. He reveals who the prominent commanders were on both sides, what transpired during the four engagements of the Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Strait, Cape Engaño, and Samar, how the fleet carriers, battleships, cruisers, smaller ships, and air forces were utilized, and why the Japanese felt it necessary to resort to kamikaze attacks when all seemed lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is essential reading for anyone interested in the final efforts of the Imperial Japanese Navy to halt the oncoming Allied military forces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'an analytical account, vividly set out, of one of the most important yet tangled actions in the history of that war - the Battle of Leyte Gulf.' Captain B. H. Liddell Hart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Macintyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798309537204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Donald Macintyre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965383393535,"sku":"9798309537204","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_717f6dc4-0a94-4a91-b5ac-e49b344fe6ef.jpg?v=1767280211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leyte-gulf-donald-macintyre-9798309537204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}