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The Battle for Leyte, 1944 : allied and Japanese plans, preparations, and execution
- Title
- The Battle for Leyte, 1944 : allied and Japanese plans, preparations, and execution / Milan Vego.
- Author
- Vego, Milan N.
- Publication
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xxiii, 481 pages : maps; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-459) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Strategic setting -- Ch. 2. Operational functions -- Ch. 3. Japanese preparations and plans -- Ch. 4. The objective : Leyte and its approaches -- Ch. 5. Allied plans and preparations -- Ch. 6. Preliminary major operations, September-October 1944 -- Ch. 7. Allied landings and the battle ashore, 17-24 October -- Ch. 8. Japanese naval reaction, 17-23 October -- Ch. 9. Allied naval moves, 17-23 October -- Ch. 10. Naval battles and other actions, 24-27 October -- Ch. 11. Leyte secured, 25 October-25 December -- Ch. 12. Conclusion -- App. 1. Allied command organization in the Pacific and C-B-I theaters, October 1944 -- App. 2. Leyte operation : ground task forces -- App. 3. Allied Air Forces (AAF), 17 October 1944 -- App. 4. Allied Naval Forces (AAF), 17 October 1944 -- App. 5. Task Force 77 (Central Philippines attack force); 17 October 1944 -- App. 6. U.S. Third Fleet, 17 October 1944 -- App. 7. Japanese command organization, July 1944 -- App. 8. SWPA's Air Search Plan E(asy), August 1944 -- App. 9. Japanese Southern Army, October 1944 -- App. 10. Japanese ground dispositions in the Philippines, 9 September 1944 -- App. 11. Combined fleet, 10-21 August 1944 -- App. 12. Combined fleet, 1830 24 October 1944 -- App. 13. Japanese naval bases -- App. 14. Japanese air bases -- App. 15. Principal Japanese airfields in the Philippines, 9 September 1944 -- App. 16. Fifth and Sixth Base Air Force, 10 October 1944 -- App. 17. Far East air forces operations in Philippine islands area, 10 Oct 44 to 26 Dec 44 -- App. 18. Navy carrier-based air operations in Philippine islands area, 9 Sep 44 to 26 Dec 44.
- ISBN
- 1557508852 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005026338
- OCLC
- OCM61499985
- SCSB-5239148
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries