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Sea Cobra : Admiral Halsey's task force and the great Pacific typhoon
- Title
- Sea Cobra : Admiral Halsey's task force and the great Pacific typhoon / Buckner F. Melton, Jr.
- Author
- Melton, Buckner F., Jr., 1962-
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2021.
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Details
- Description
- 318 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white); 23 cm
- Summary
- One of the costliest battles of World War II happens to be one of the least known. After failing to stop the attack of Admiral Takeo Kurita at Leyte Gulf, Admiral " Bull" Halsey made a desperate attempt to engage the Japanese Imperial Navy in a full-scale battle. Acting against better judgment and in a desperate attempt at redemption, Halsey led his crew into the raging path of a typhoon, which resulted in the loss of nearly one thousand sailors-- the most costly mission of the Pacific war
- Subject
- Halsey, William F. 1882-1959
- Halsey, William F. 1882-1959
- United States. Navy. Fast Carrier Task Force
- United States. Navy > Biography
- United States. Navy
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean
- Typhoons
- Admirals > United States > Biography
- typhoons
- Admirals
- Military campaigns
- Military operations, Naval > American
- Pacific Ocean
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Note
- Originally published 2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 1493057766
- 9781493057764
- OCLC
- on1227916552
- 1227916552
- SCSB-14276766
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library