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Battle of Surigao Strait /
Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts. Anthony P. Tully pulls...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Twentieth-century battles.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts. Anthony P. Tully pulls together all of the existing documentary material, including newly discovered accounts and a careful analysis of U.S. Navy action reports, to create a new and more detailed description of the action. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253002822 0253002826 |